GUERCINO
(b. 1591, Cento, d. 1666, Bologna)

Christ Crowned with Thorns

c. 1622
Oil on copper, 28,5 x 24 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

This small painting on copper belongs to Guercino's Roman period. The subject of the painting, in which Christ gazes heavenwards, and the copper support suggest that it was intended as a private devotional image.




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