Object Description
384 Series: EVENTS FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST
E. CROWNING WITH THORNS
A man holding staves presses the crown of thorns onto the head of Christ, who sits on a pedestal facing half right. Four other men mock him. In the left foreground on the floor are a whip, rod, cane, and cloak; at the right a dog. Above, a curtain and an hourglass on the wall. Narrow borders.
Bronze, 98 x 75 mm. Two hallmarks at bottom.
Other specimens: Augsburg, Stadtische Kunstsammlungen; Frankfurt/M., Museum fuer Kunsthandwerk; Innsbruck, Ferdinandeum; Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum; Santa Barbara, University Art Gallery, Morgenroth Collection.
Bibl.: Braun, no. 183, pl. 56; Morgenroth, no. 392, pl. 28; Weber, no. 412, 9. Auction catalogs: von Parpart, no. 709; Heinrici, no. 181; Molthein, no. 427; Dirksen Coll., Lepke, Berlin, cat. 2042, 28 April 1931, no. 330, pl. 53.
