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 CHRIST lery ; Jan Brueghel ; Gerard cle Lairessc ; M. T. Schmidt (1760) ; Martin de Vos ; Ary Scheffer; Edouard Berlin (Salon, 1841) ; Fe- lix de Boischevalier (Salon, 1844) ; C. T. Lecomte (Salon, 1861). CHRIST CROWNED WITH THORNS, Michelangelo da Caravaggio, Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Two figures half-length. Christ seated, crowned with thorns, and holding a reed in his bound hands ; behind him an executioner, who opens his mouth as if cry- ing out. Lithographed by H. Robillard. Gal. Imp. de 1'Hennitage, 1845. By Lodovico Carracci, Bologna Gallery ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Christ seated in a dungeon, his hands bound be- Chnst Crowned with Thorns, Anton van Dyck, Berlin Museum. fore him, with three executioners pressing the crown of thorns upon his head ; in back- ground, two soldiers and a priest. Painted for Church of the Certosa, Bologna. En- graved by I. Trabalesi ; G. Tomba. Pinac. di Bologna, PL 66. By Anton van Dyck, Berlin Museum ; can- vas, H. 8 ft 6 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. The Saviour, with hands bound, seated in a prison, sur- ' rounded by seven men, one of whom is presenting him a reed, while another fixes a crown of thorns upon his head. Carried to Paris, and restored in 1815. Engraved i by Bolswert ; J. Falck ; Cl. Drevet ; Campi- j on ; lithographed by Regnier (1840). Copy in Madiid Museum. Smith, iii. 36 ; Guif- j frey. By Guercino, Munich Gallery ; canvas, H. 3 ft. 7 in. x 4 ft. 9 in. Figures half-length; Christ, with hands bound, holding the reed ; at right, a soldier in armour, pressing the crown upon his head ; at left, a priest. Lithographed by F. Piloty. Pinac. Mdn- chen. By Andrea Solaria, Liitschena, near Leip- sic ; canvas on panel, H. 2 ft. 4i in. x 1 ft. 8 in.; signed. Christ, with fettered hands, a rope around the neck, and the crown of thorns. Bought from the Friesische Samm- lung, Vienna. C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 57. By Titian, Louvre ; wood, H. 10 ft. x 5 ft. ( 11 in.; signed. Christ struggling on steps of the prison, over gateway of which is a bust of Tiberius ; his arms, bound at the wrists, held by kneeling soldier, while two men with long reeds press the crown of thorns on his head. Painted about 1553 ; probably taken in 1559 by Orazio Vecelli to Milan, where it adorned S. M. delle Grazie until removed to France beginning of this century. Duplicate in Venice Academy. En- graved by L. Scaramuccia ; V. Lefebre ; Re- bault C. & C., Titian, ii. 264 ; Filhol, vii. PL 457 ; Landon, Musee, iv. PL 71 ; Mus6e franyais, i. By Titian, Munich Gallery ; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 J in. x 5 ft. 7 in. Differs in some re- spects from the picture in the Louvre, the lighted by a hanging lamp. Supposed to be i the picture given about 1571 by Titian to Tin- toretto, who preserved it in his studio, and sold by Domeuico Tintoretto to a foreigner. Adaptation of it by Rubens, in Berlin Mu- seum, and one by Van Dyck in Madrid Mu- Titian, ii. 399. 293
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