Christ Crowned with Thorns
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Annibale Carracci
(Bologna, Italy, 1560–Rome, Italy, 1609)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1606
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 7 3/16 × 5 5/16 in. (18.3 × 13.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (27.8 × 21.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 5/8 in. (27.8 × 21.9 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.155
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.155
On View
Not on viewThis etching epitomizes Carracci’s late style. Its simplified forms and rather gloomy expressive tenor approach the concentration of Caravaggio’s religious works and owe some to his influence. But they also conform to the spirit of the Counter-Reformation and specifically an edict issued by Clement’s vicar, Cardinal Girolamo Rusticucci, in 1593. That edict stipulated that religious works should involve legible compositions, conform to orthodoxy, and avoid lascivious imagery. By 1600, Clement began to regulate printed works as well.
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