Coronation of thorns

Title

Coronation of thorns

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Battista Paggi

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Late Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• chalk
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• washing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Genoese

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,1-5

Primary

• 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)