Why it matters
In this brutal scene of Christ crowned with thorns, Titian based the figure of Christ on the Laocoön and the torturer on the left on the Belvedere Torso, and added a bust of Emperor Tiberius.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1542–1543.
- It was commissioned by a confraternity in Milan.
- It was taken to France after Napoleon's conquest in 1797.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Crowning with Thorns (Titian, Paris) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
