Christ is mocked by the soldiers. He is given a crown of thorns on his head and a blade of grass as a sceptre (Matthew 27:27-29). The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Jan II Collaert
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | Christ Crowned with Thorns, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Plectentes coronam de spinis, posuerunt super caput eius, et arundinem in dextra eius. Et genu flexo ante eum, illudebant ei. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Matth. 27. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 42. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan. Collaert sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| stamps (tools) reverse, lower left: Stad Gent/ Museuml voor schone kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-34 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-34 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11588/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11D351 Christ suffering (with crown of thorns, head usually turned sidewards) Iconclass 31A235 sitting figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 44G32 executioner, hangman Iconclass 44G373 corporal punishment in public Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 57BB2 Mockery, Derision, Irreverence; 'Derisione', 'Dispreggio della Virtu' (Ripa) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73D Passion of Christ Iconclass 73D35 tortures of Christ Iconclass 73D352 the crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3) Iconclass 73D3522 head of Christ with crown of thorns Iconclass 73D82(CROWN OF THORNS) crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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