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Here, works by Matthias Grünewald, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Martin Schaffner and Hans Baldung can be found, along with "Christ on a Donkey" (1350/60), and a number of paintings from the Speyer Altarpiece by the Master of the Housebook (circa 1480).
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Henri Nouwen once spent an afternoon in the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg, meditating on a fourteenth-century wooden sculpture of Christus auf Palmesel (Christ on palm-donkey). It was, he wrote, one of the most moving Christ figures he knew.
This statue is of Christ on a donkey and was mounted on a cart to be used in a Palm Sunday celebration. It is quite old, and quite striking. There is a picture of it that can be found by searching for Augustinermuseum Palmesel.
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This statue is of Christ on a donkey and was mounted on a cart to be used in a Palm Sunday celebration. It is quite old, and quite striking. There is a picture of it that can be found by searching for. Augustinermuseum Palmesel.
Apr 5, 2020 · Christ on a Donkey, in the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg, is one of the most moving Christ figures I know …. This fourteenth-century sculpture originally comes from Niederrotweil, a small town close to Breisack on the Rhine. It was made to be pulled on a cart in the Palm Sunday procession ….
From Nouwen's perspective, this 14th century sculpture in the Augustiner Museum in Freilburg, Germany, is one of the most moving and magnetic Christ figures he ever experienced. The sculpture depicts Christ's face as long and slender, a high forehead, long hair, a small beard.
The German word Palmesel (palm donkey) refers to the statue of Jesus on a donkey, mounted on a wheeled platform, which was part of Palm Sunday processions in many German-speaking regions until the Reformation.
