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Christ and the Apostles Entering the Temple in Jerusalem in an Initial D, ca. 1411–13
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390–1423); Fra Angelico(?) (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
Pen and ink on parchment; 12 x 9 1/5 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999 (1999.391)

Filling the letter D, which begins the Mass for Palm Sunday, Christ and the apostles are about to enter the Temple of Jerusalem, preceded by a crowd of children crying "Hosanna to the Son of David." Several indistinct forms lightly sketched in the second bay of the temple may have been intended to represent the blind and lame healed by Christ, as detailed in the Gospel of Matthew.

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    Christ and the Apostles Entering the Temple in Jerusalem in an Initial D, ca. 1411–13
    Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390–1423); Fra Angelico(?) (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
    Pen and ink on parchment; 12 x 9 1/5 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
    Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999 (1999.391)