Crowning with Thorns, from Passion of Christ

Prints and Drawings

1575/1600

Jan Sadeler, the Elder (Flemish, 1550-1600)
after Marcus Gheeraerts, the Elder (Flemish, c. 1520-c. 1590)

After being whipped at the column, bound, and mocked from all sides with a thorny crown and other tortures, the seated Christ appears nonetheless majestic and regal. The surrounding colonnade emphasizes his imprisonment as his tormentors hang on it, jeering ever louder. Christ holds reeds instead of a scepter while soldiers tear at his clothes, but his steady gaze reaches far beyond the printed plane.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Jan Sadeler, I
Title: Crowning with Thorns, from Passion of Christ
Place: Flanders (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Artist's working dates 1570–1600
Medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 16.2 × 11.2 cm (6 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.); Sheet: 17.4 × 12.5 cm (6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Reference Number: 1942.258
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Hollstein vol. XXI, p. 114, no. 213

Guilmard p. 489, pl. 168

Nagler 98

Le Blanc 80

Wurzbach 81

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