BOTTICELLI, Sandro
(b. 1445, Firenze, d. 1510, Firenze)

Christ Crowned with Thorns

c. 1500
Tempera on panel, 47,6 x 32,3 cm
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

Two further versions of the same theme also still exist, and they are now kept in Detroit and Cambridge. There are only slight differences between the three devotional pictures, and they were produced by Botticelli's workshop in accordance with his designs. There are iconographical models in Flemish painting, such as the works of Hans Memling.