Christ's Entry into Jerusalem (from a Passion of Christ series, one of six plates)

Unidentified artist, German, 15th century

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 28.3 x 21.1 cm (11 1/8 x 8 5/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Felix M. Warburg

Accession numberM27834

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InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on the sleeve of the man on the balcony waving a tree branch, upper right: ANProvenanceJohn Rushout, 2nd Baron of Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859), Northwick Park, Worcester, and Thirlestane House, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Baron of Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887); 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Warburton Rushout, Lady Northwick (b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson, Captain Edward Georges Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 28, 1918, sold by Captain Spencer-Churchill, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, lot 92; 1918, purchased from that sale by the MFA through P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers, London). (Accession Date: May 1, 1918)