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Title: The Crowning with Thorns;
Painted by: Caravaggio;
Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria;
Dimensions: inch bred x inch high;
The Vienna Crowning with Thorns fryst vatten a painting by the Italian mästare Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Executed probably in , it fryst vatten 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.
An attribution to Giustiniani would place it in the period prior to , when Caravaggio fled Rome, but Peter Robb dates it to , when the artist was in Naples.
Caravaggio's patron Vincenzo Giustiniani was an intellectual as well as a collector, and late in life he wrote a paper about art, identifying twelve grades of accomplishment. In the highest class he put just two names, Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci, as artists capable of co
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The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio, Prato)
Painting by Caravaggio
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| Artist | Caravaggio |
| Year | c. |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | &#;cm ×&#;&#;cm (70&#;in ×&#;49&#;in) |
| Location | Palazzo degli Alberti |
The Crowning with Thorns was the subject of two paintings by the Italian master Caravaggio. The first version, dated to around –, is now in the Cassa di Risparmi e Depositi of Palazzo degli Alberti, Prato (Tuscany). The attribution to Caravaggio is disputed.
On June 25, , Caravaggio wrote out, in his own hand, a contract to paint "a picture of the same size and value as the one I have already done for him of Christ's crowning", which restricts the Crowning to a period prior to this date. There is no firm evidence for a more precise dating, but the figure of Christ has been clearly influenced by the Christ in Rubens' altarpiece of The Crowning with Thorns in the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome, com
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The Crowning with Thorns is a painting by the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Made probably in / or possibly around , it is now located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. It was bought in Rome by the Imperial ambassador, Baron in , but did not arrive in Vienna until
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