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The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem

about 1617

58.3

On display in C208

oil paintcanvaspainting

Artwork Details

Artist
Creation Date
about 1617
Materials
oil on canvas
Object Types
paintings, oil paintings
Dimensions

59-1/2 x 90-1/4 in. (canvas) approximately 71-1/8 x 103 x 7-1/2 in. (framed)

Accession Number
58.3
Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800

Color Palette

Dr. Paul Mersch [1859-?], Paris, France;{1} Sale at (Keller & Reiner, Berlin, Germany) in 1905.{2} Rudolf Kohtz, Berlin, by 1909.{3} Paal Kaasen [1883-1964], Christiania (today Oslo), Norway, by 1924;{4} Purchased by (P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, England) through an unidentified intermediary;{5} Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Krannert, Indianapolis, Indiana; Given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1958 (58.3). ------- {1} Paul Mersch was the vice-consul of Luxembourg, residing in Paris, and son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer [1837-1925], Paris. It remains unknown if he obtained this painting with Sedelmeyer's assistance. On Mersch, see the online publication of Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg, fasc. 19, p. 216 available at www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu {2} See Katalog der Sammlung Dr. Paul Mersch, Paris: II. Teil, Keller & Reiner, 27-28 November 1905, lot 31, pl. 1. {3} Kohtz is given as the owner in Emil Schaeffer, Van Dyck, des Meisters Gemälde, (Klassiker der Kunst series) Stuttgart, 1909. {4} See the photocopy of a letter to Paal Kaasen from Gustav Pauli of the Kunsthalle Hamburg, dated 25 September 1924, in the IMA Historical File (58.3), stating that the painting had been on loan to Hamburg for several years. See David G. Carter's article, "Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem," Bulletin John Herron Art Institute Indianapolis, volume 45 (1958), p.23, footnote 1, for additional details on the provenance of the painting. {5} See a letter from Colnaghi & Co. to David Carter, dated 23 May 1958, in IMA Historical File (58.3).



Exhibition Name

Venue

Dates

Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Chengdu Museum

September 29, 2020 - January 4, 2021

Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Hunan Provincial Museum

May 29, 2020 - September 13, 2020

Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from the Clowes Collection and the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Guandong Museum

January 10, 2020 - May 17, 2020


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