Maerten van Heemskerck

Christ Mocked and Crowned with Thorns

Maerten van Heemskerck - Christ Mocked and Crowned with Thorns

Maerten van Heemskerck

Christ Mocked and Crowned with Thorns

c. 1550/55
99 x 138.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Literature

Neeltje Köhler (ed.), Painting in Haarlem 1500 - 1850, Gent, 2006, nr. 207

Iconclass

73D352 The crowning with thorns: soldiers with sticks place a thorny crown on Christ's head and give him a reed (Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 15:16-20; John 19:2-3)

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Maerten van Heemskerck The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene

The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene
c. 1540

Maerten van Heemskerck Triptych with Ecce Homo

Triptych with Ecce Homo
c. 1559/60

Maerten van Heemskerck The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
c. 1540

Maerten van Heemskerck Bishop Saint

Bishop Saint
c. 1540

Maerten van Heemskerck and Cornelis van Haarlem Tryptich

Tryptich
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