Priest Archive
Watercolor and pencil on paper 1834 23.5 x 32.3 cm (9¼” x 12.72″) Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States)
This scene is a detail of the fresco cycle in the Room of the Ark. Billowing clouds of aromatic incense surround the Ark of the Covenant, which is being carried in a solemn procession into the city of Jerusalem. The high priest of the Temple leads the pageant with the tabernacle containing the sacred Tablets of the Law.