Giotto, The Arena Chapel Frescoes:
Palm Sunday
1305-1306
As in all the synoptic
gospels, the people spread their clothes out before Jesus as he
approaches Jerusalem, a gate of which is shown on the right. Giotto here shows them removing
their clothes in order to do so, although the gospels do not include
this detail. As in the gospels of
Matthew and Mark, others cut branches from the trees to strew in his
path. As in John, they are specifically palm trees and a branch
is being used, by the second figure to the right of the colt, to
acclaim Jesus. The haloed figures following Jesus are, of course, the
apostles.
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Sunday
Source: Web Gallery of Art