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 *lery; Jan Brueghel; Gerard de Lairesse; M. T. Schmidt (1760); Martin de Vos; Ary Scheffer; Edouard Bertin (Salon, 1841); Felix 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 crying out. Lithographed by H. Robillard.—Gal. Imp. de l'Hermitage, 1845.

By Lodovico Carracci, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7 in. × 4 ft. 2 in. Christ seated in a dungeon, his hands bound before him, with three executioners pressing the crown of thorns upon his head; in background, two soldiers and a priest. Painted for Church of the Certosa, Bologna. Engraved by I. Trabalesi; G. Tomba.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 66.

Christ Crowned with Thorns, Anton van Dyck, Berlin Museum.

By Anton van Dyck, Berlin Museum; canvas, H. 8 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 7 in. The Saviour, with hands bound, seated in a prison, surrounded 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 by Bolswert; J. Falck; Cl. Drevet; Campion; lithographed by Regnier (1840). Copy in Madrid Museum.—Smith, iii. 36; Guiffrey.

By Guercino, Munich Gallery; canvas, H. 3 ft. 7 in. × 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. München.

By Andrea Solario, Lütschena, near Leipsic; canvas on panel, H. 2 ft. 4-1/2 in. × 1 ft. 8 in.; signed. Christ, with fettered hands, a rope around the neck, and the crown of thorns. Bought from the Friesische Sammlung, Vienna.—C. & C., N. Italy, ii. 57.

By Titian, Louvre; wood, H. 10 ft. × 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. Engraved by L. Scaramuccia; V. Lefebre; Rebault.—C. & C., Titian, ii. 264; Filhol, vii. Pl. 457; Landon, Musée, iv. Pl. 71; Musée français, i.

By Titian, Munich Gallery; canvas, H. 8 ft. 7-1/2 in. × 5 ft. 7 in. Differs in some respects from the picture in the Louvre, the scene being laid in the gloom of a passage, lighted by a hanging lamp. Supposed to be the picture given about 1571 by Titian to Tintoretto, who preserved it in his studio, and sold by Domenico Tintoretto to a foreigner. Adaptation of it by Rubens, in Berlin Museum, and one by Van Dyck in Madrid Museum.—Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 270; C. & C., Titian, ii. 399.