Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Robert Vernon
Collection
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Christ Lamenting over Jerusalem
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
animals: birds
architecture
Bible: New Testament
Christ
Christ - good shepherd
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
dove
features
Israel
Jerusalem
Jerusalem - non-specific
landscape
Luke, chapter 13
man
mythical, religious, fictional
objects
people
places
pointing
prophecy
religion and belief
religious
sheaf
sitting
stair / step
symbols and personifications
talking
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
universal religious imagery
wooded
<p>This picture was inspired by lines from the New Testament, including verses 37 and 38 from St Matthew's gospel, in which Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem: 'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate'.Eastlake incorporates a number of symbols which directly allude to Christ's prophecy. For example, the axe in the tree foreshadows Jerusalem's fall, while the shepherd carrying a sheep symbolises Christ as the good shepherd.</p><p><em>Gallery label, March 1993</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
20 December 2002 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
20 December 2002 – 23 March 2003
2003-03-23
2002-12-20
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2002-12-20
Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Exhibition
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
5 November 2012 – 20 July 2014
2014-07-20
2012-11-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-05
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Christ Lamenting over Jerusalem
support: 1048 × 1562 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>This picture was inspired by lines from the New Testament, including verses 37 and 38 from St Matthew's gospel, in which Christ foretells the destruction of Jerusalem:<br/> 'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the  prophets,<br/> and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how  often<br/> would I have gathered thy children together,  even as a<br/> hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and  ye<br/> would not! Behold, your house is left unto you  desolate'.<br/>Eastlake incorporates a number of symbols which directly allude to Christ's prophecy. For example, the axe in the tree foreshadows Jerusalem's fall, while the shepherd carrying a sheep symbolises Christ as the good shepherd.</p>
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1993-03-10T00:00:00
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing animals: birds architecture Bible: New Testament Christ Christ - good shepherd cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents dove features Israel Jerusalem Jerusalem - non-specific landscape Luke, chapter 13 man mythical, religious, fictional objects people places pointing prophecy religion and belief religious sheaf sitting stair / step symbols and personifications talking townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features universal religious imagery wooded