Tags: Artwork.

The Crowning with Thorns is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Executed probably in 1602/1604 or possibly around 1607 it is now located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.According to Caravaggio’s biographer Giovanni Bellori a Crowning with Thorns was made for Caravaggio’s patron Vincenzo Giustiniani and this painting can be traced convincingly to the Giustiniani collection.

Michelangelo_Merisi_called_Caravaggio_-_The_Crowning_with_Thorns_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
author
Caravaggio

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio)"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.