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The Crowning of Christ with Thorns
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The Crowning of Christ with Thorns

Monogrammist GK (prentmaker, 17e eeuw) · c. 1661 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Crowning of Christ with thorns. Contrast on crowns. Mirror-image copy of the print by Lucas Cranach in the pamphlet 'Passional Christi und Antichristi' by Martin Luther from 1521, page from a 17th-century edition. The series of thirteen pairs of woodcuts depicts the contrasts between the humility and selflessness of Christ on the one hand, and the pride and greed of the Pope on the other.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printMark 15:16-20John 19:2-3)
Credit lineDoornenkroning van Christus. c. 1661. Monogrammist GK (prentmaker, 17e eeuw). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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