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The weeping Christ wears the crown of thorns; unusually, it still has some leaves on its stems. His hands are tied together with rope, but he holds a bundle of sticks in one and a long reed in the other. This picture is a simplified version of the figure of Christ crowned with thorns in the left wing of Jan Mostaert’s most famous painting, the so-called Oultremont Triptych (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels). There are a number of versions of the National Gallery’s picture (Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, UK; Museo de Burgos, Spain; and elsewhere) with slight variations in the arrangement of Christ’s hands, head and clothing. The triptych (painting in three parts) is thought to have been painted between late 1513 and around 1520.
Title
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Date
after 1510
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 30.5 x W 21 cm
Accession number
NG3900
Acquisition method
Presented by Henry Wagner, 1924
Work type
Painting