🖼️ The painting "The Tree of Jesse"

 🖼️ The painting "The Tree of Jesse"
🖌️🎨 Attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c. 1460–c. 1490).
Date: circa 1500
Oil on panel.
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam


The painting symbolically depicts the genealogical tree of Christ. It grows from the sleeping figure of Jesse, the progenitor of the royal dynasty, which, according to tradition, included Solomon, David, and Jesus.


The branches are filled with the kings of Israel, including King David with his harp.































At the top sits the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child on her lap.

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