TERBRUGGHEN, Hendrick
(b. 1588, Deventer, d. 1629, Utrecht)

Christ Crowned with Thorns

1620
Oil on canvas, 207 x 240 cm
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Hendrick Terbrugghen spent his formative years in Rome where Caravaggio became the main influence. Upon his return he became the prime mover of a new school, the Utrecht Caravaggists, whose trademark style was an insistent naturalism combined with a high-contrast vein of painting known as chiaroscuro.