The Crowning with Thorns

Caravaggio, 1604, Palazzo degli Alberti

‘The Crowning with Thorns’ is a work by Caravaggio (Italy, 1571–1610). It is dated 1604. It is part of the collection Palazzo degli Alberti. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.

It is made of oil paint. It measures 178 × 125 cm. The work belongs to the genre religious art. The things depicted include Jesus Christ and man.

The catalogue has 104 more works by Caravaggio.

• The Baroque