King Louis IX Carrying the Crown of Thorns, ca. 1245–48, Made in Tours, France, French, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint, Overall: 21 11/16 x 13 15/16 in. (55.1 x 35.4 cm), Glass-Stained, King Louis IX of France (r. 1226-70), later Saint Louis, undertook two crusades to the Holy Land. He acquired relics of Christ's passion from his cousin, the Latin emperor of Constantinople Baldwin II, most notably a piece of the True Cross and also the Crown of Thorns
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King Louis IX Carrying, Crown, Thorns, ca, 1245–48, Tours, France, French, Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, Overall, 21 11/16 x 13 15/16, 55.1 35.4 cm, Glass-Stained, Louis, IX, r, 1226-70, later Saint, Louis, undertook two, crusades, Holy Land, acquired relics, Christ, passion, cousin, Latin emperor, Constantinople Baldwin, II, notably, piece, True Cross
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