Christ Crowned with Thorns

1630s (?) (Baroque) 13 in. (33 cm) Citation Source image

This multi-figure subject of two Roman soldiers tormenting the seated Christ was much more of a challenge to carve from an ivory tusk than the more common choice of the single figure of the tormented Christ, relying on the viewer's imagination to fill in the rest of the scene...

Artifact

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30023
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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