# Mocking of Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CAVEDONE, Giacomo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavedone-giacomo-rb307f04c43ae34>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 93 x 127 cm

## Commentary

The dark background of this composition, offsetting the three protagonists in powerful chiaroscuro, reminds us that the artist had occasion - in Rome itself - to witness the pictorial revolution instigated by Caravaggio.

## Related artworks

- [Virgin and Child with St Alò and St Petronius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cavedone-giacomo-rb307f04c43ae34/virgin-and-child-with-st-al-and-st-petronius-r9dba7bbe90a996>)

## Attribution

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