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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
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
  • 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.