Jesus crowned with thorns
Painter: Guido Reni
Colors: 90
Dimensions: 30 * 39 squares
1 square is 10 * 10 dots, about 1 centimeter
Price: 5000 €
Guido Reni (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.
Born in Bologna into a family of musicians, Guido Reni was the son of Daniele Reni and Ginevra de’ Pozzi. As a child of nine, he was apprenticed under the Bolognese studio of Denis Calvaert. Soon after, he was joined in that studio by Albani and Domenichino. He may also have trained with a painter by the name of Ferrantini. When Reni was about twenty years old, the three Calvaert pupils migrated to the rising rival studio, named Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the “newly embarked”, or progressives), led by Lodovico Carracci. They went on to form the nucleus of a prolific and successful school of Bolognese painters who followed Annibale Carracci to Rome. Like many other Bolognese painters, Reni’s painting was thematic and eclectic in style.
Jesus is shown after the Mocking of Christ when he was crowned with thorns. New Testament (e.g. John 19: 1-3).
This painting was inspired by one of the numerous versions of this subject painted by Guido Reni (such as that in Paris, Louvre). The picture, which may have been painted as late as the early 18th century, has a provenance from the collection of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga in Rome. It can be seen in a painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini which shows a view of Valenti’s gallery, painted in 1749 (Hartford, Wadsworth Athenaeum).
Jesus Crowned with Thorns
