Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
James Ensor · 1888
The story
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889 (French: L'Entrée du Christ à Bruxelles, "Entry of Christ into Brussels") is an 1888 painting by the Belgian artist James Ensor. The post-Impressionist work, parodying Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem celebrated on Palm Sunday, is considered Ensor's most famous composition and a precursor to Expressionism. It has been held by the Getty Center in Los Angeles since 1987.
- Artist
- James Ensor
- Date
- 1888
- Collection
- Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States
- Movement
- Les XX
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 252.6 × 431 cm
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