02 Works, Interpretation of the bible, Caravaggio’s Christ Crowned with Thorns, with Footnotes #191

Caravaggio (1571–1610)
Christ Crowned with Thorns, c. between 1602 and 1604

Oil on canvas
height: 1,270 mm (50 in); width: 1,655 mm (65.15 in)
Kunsthistorisches Museum

The subject of the Crowning of Thorns was well suited to interpretation by Caravaggesque painters, whose preference for intense staging and dramatic lighting matched its harsh realism…

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