Four Scenes from the Life of Christ

Georges Hurtrel, in or before 1870

This is a painting of a series of religious scenes divided into four quadrants. In the upper left quadrant, a figure is mounted on a donkey surrounded by a crowd. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Georges Hurtrel ¹
Date: in or before 1870 ¹
Medium: pen and black ink with black wash, heightened with white and gold, on gray prepared paper (grisaille) ¹
Original: 4,066 × 3,615 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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This is a painting of four medieval scenes. The image portrays four distinct panels illustrating different narratives set against a stylized medieval architectural background.

Rivista 'Il calcio illustrato', II, n. 47, 23 novembre 1932, p. 15

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