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Crowning with thorns and scourging of Christ and the bathing courtier
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In the foreground on the left, a courtier is being cut and combed by two men. A boy holds a mirror up to him. On the right, a bathing courtier. Top left, two soldiers pushing the crown of thorns onto Christ's head with sticks. A third man holds a mirror up to him. Top right, Christ, naked except for a loincloth and bound to a pillar, being scourged by two soldiers. Center top, a canon's coat of arms. The print has a title in Dutch. Print from a book edition in which a scene from the life of Christ is always set against a worldly situation.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDoornenkroning en geseling van Christus en badende hoveling. 1630. Pieter de Jode (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.