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Gerrit van Honthorst
The Mocking of Christcirca 1617

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Oil painting of a candlelit biblical scene, a seated bare-chested figure crowned with thorns surrounded by six figures pressing forward from deep shadow

Gerrit van Honthorst, The Mocking of Christ, circa 1617, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gerrit van Honthorst
Northern Netherlands, 1590-1656, active Italy and England
Title
The Mocking of Christ
Date Made
circa 1617
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 57 1/2 × 81 1/2 in. (146.05 × 207.01 cm) Framed: 68 13/16 × 93 × 5 in. (174.78 × 236.22 × 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
AC1999.92.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance
Private Collection, The Netherlands, to; [Rob Smeets, Milan, sold 1999 to]; LACMA
Selected Bibliography
  • Brown, Beverly Louise, ed. The Genius of Rome, 1592-1623. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2001.
  • Judson, J. Richard, and Rudolf E.O. Ekkart. Gerrit van Honthorst, 1592-1656. Doornspijk, The Netherlands: Avaco, 1999.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice and Gianni Papi. 2012. Caravaggio and his Legacy. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
  • Papi, Gianni. Gherardo delle Notti: Quadri Bizzarrissimi e Cene Allegre. Firenze: Giuti Editore, 2015.

  • Marandel, J. Patrice. Abecedario: Collecting and Recollecting. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.

  • Ebert, Bernd, and Liesbeth M. Helmus, editors. Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe. Munich: Hirmer Verlag, 2018.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 3, Dutch Painting, Flemish Painting, Spanish Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • The Art Museum. London: Phaidon Press, 2011.

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