Dornenkrönung und Verspottung Christi,

um 1627/28

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

132 x 96 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal X

Department

Französische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

188

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie München

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Valentin de Boulogne, Dornenkrönung und Verspottung Christi, um 1627/28, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dn4ZR224aK (Last updated on 30.01.2023)

Valentin de Boulogne lived in Rome and modelled his works on Caravaggio. This painting is his response to a representation of the Italian artist’s ‘Flagellation of Christ’. Valentin presents the viewer with Christ’s suffering in a particularly moving way through the sensitive rendition of Christ’s facial features and his vulnerable body at the mercy of his torturers. X-rays of the painting have revealed a portrait of a cardinal that was later painted over and who might have commissioned the picture.