Christ Crowned with Thorns
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/16 × 5 5/16 in. (18 × 13.5 cm) Sheet: 7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.5 × 14.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
18.86
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
MenChrist
About the Artist
Annibale Carracci · 1560–1609
Annibale was considered one of the greatest Italian painters of his age. His style is marked by naturalism combined with the formal language of Classicism in a grand and monumental style. Annibale was also instrumental in evolving the ideal, classical landscape and is generally credited with the invention of caricature. Italian painter. Comment on works: Mythology.