Palm Sunday, 1954

Title

Palm Sunday

Draughtsman

• Heinz Battke

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• vellum paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• animal study
• movement study
• architecture study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Battke, 54

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): Heinz Battke: "Palmarum" 1954
Verso unten links Stempel Dogana di Milano (nicht bei Lugt)

Watermark

• C M Fabriano

Work Catalogues

• Cüppers 1970.41.205

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

© Heinz Battke

Genre

• animal depiction
• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 11Q7624 Palm Sunday
• 73D14(+0) entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches (Matthew 21:1-11, 21:14-16; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19) (+ variant)