Painting; wall painting on paper; lettering at top translated: “When Jesus came in toward Jericho there sat a blind man by the road and begged.” depicted are 5 men (one blind) and Jesus; decorated with Kurbits (huge bouquets of fantastic flowers); blues, orange, yellow and green; frayed and stained; width 1.10 meters, length 1.30 meters. Made to order by professional rural painters who derived most of their themes from biblical history. This example is 18th–19th century.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Dalarna County, Sweden
Culture or time period:
Swedish
Collector:
Axel O. Lindstrom
Collection date:
1902
Person depicted:
Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity)
Place depicted:
Jericho, West Bank, Palestine
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paintings (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
18th-19th century
Accession date:
February 12, 1903
Context of use:
Made to order by professional rural painters who derived most of their themes from biblical history. This example is 18th-19th century.
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)