Christ Crowned with Thorns, Oil, perhaps over tempera, on wood, 16 3/4 x 12 in. (42.5 x 30.5 cm), Paintings, Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) (Italian, Messina ca. 1430–1479 Messina), An artist of astonishing originality, Antonello combined a Netherlandish mastery of description with an Italian emphasis on formal presentation and expression. This painting may date as early as 1470. To increase its function as an aide to meditation, Christ is shown behind a parapet—a convention Antonello appropriated from portraiture
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Christ Crowned, Thorns, Oil, perhaps, tempera, wood, 16 3/4 x 12, 42.5 30.5 cm, Paintings, Antonello da Messina, di Giovanni d'Antonio, Italian, Messina ca., 1430–1479, Messina, artist, astonishing originality, combined, Netherlandish mastery, description, Italian emphasis, formal presentation, expression, painting, date, early, 1470, increase, function, aide, meditation, Christ, shown, parapet— convention, Antonello, appropriated, portraiture
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