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Christ Crowned with Thorns
(Renaissance Europe )
While the mystics of the late Middle Ages pictured the tender incidents surrounding the birth of Christ, they also vividly portrayed the agonies of His death. On this devotional image Christ is pictured wearing the crown of thorns, placed on Christ's head to mock him as "king." This kind of representation is called "Ecce Homo," meaning "Behold the Man," the words spoken by Pilate as he presented Jesus to the waiting crowd. Inscribed around the inner border are Christ's words to Pilate (John 18:37), "I am a King; for this I was born and for this came I into the world that I should give testimony to the truth."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| Technical Report | other | |
| 1/1/1900 | Technical Report | other |
| 1/1/1961 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 10/8/1987 | Treatment | other |
| 3/16/2004 | Technical Report | x-ray fluorescence |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.468