# Christ Crowned with Thorns

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## Artwork

- Artist: [JANSSENS, Jan Willem](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/janssens-jan-willem-r47a2591c39f382>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 180 x 154 cm

## Commentary

Janssens&#39;s altarpieces and other devotional pictures, with scenes from the life of Christ and the saints, painted in a mercilessly realistic style, must have been very popular. By illuminating his characters from a concealed light source so that they are strongly modelled, Janssens created a very direct dramatic effect. The work of the Utrecht Caravaggists Dirck van Baburen, Gerard van Honthorst and Hendrick Terbrugghen clearly served as his model, and he certainly copied Baburen&#39;s work.

## Related artworks

- [Caritas Romana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/janssens-jan-willem-r47a2591c39f382/caritas-romana-rba4534a1171e48>)
- [Christ Crowned with Thorns](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/janssens-jan-willem-r47a2591c39f382/christ-crowned-with-thorns-rfb5506cd20fff5>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/janssens-jan-willem-r47a2591c39f382/the-annunciation-r0072eb1882cc64>)

## Attribution

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