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Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, c. 1865. After his condemnation by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was flogged and mocked by Roman soldiers.They clothed him with a "purple" or "scarlet" (Matthew 27:28) robe symbolizing a royal gown since purple was a royal color, put a crown of thorns on his head symbolizing a royal crown, and put a staff in his hand symbolizing a scepter.
The Mocking of Christ measures 25.8 cm × 20.3 cm × 1.2 cm (10.16 in × 7.99 in × 0.47 in) and depicts the mocking of Jesus prior to his crucifixion. [2] The work is painted with egg tempera on a gold leaf background, on a thinned and slightly bowed poplar panel prepared with layers of gesso ground in which a canvas is embedded.
The oil painting combines two events from Biblical account of the Passion of Jesus: the Mocking of Jesus and the Crowning with Thorns.A serene Jesus, dressed in white at the centre of the busy scene, is gazing calmly from the picture, in contrast with the violent intent of the four men around him. [6]
It is an elaborated version of another Bosch's composition of the same subject, Christ Crowned with Thorns, held by the National Gallery, London, combining two events from Biblical account of the Passion of Jesus: the Mocking of Jesus and the Crowning with Thorns. As with the London version, this composition is centred on a half-length Jesus ...
The Mocking of Christ refers to the mocking of Jesus as portrayed in the Bible. The Mocking of Christ may also refer to: The Mocking of Christ; The Mocking of Christ; The Mocking of Christ; Christ Crowned with Thorns (Annibale Carracci, Bologna), or Mocking of Christ
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The mocking of Jesus, here as depicted by Matthias Grünewald, is an historically popular theme for artists. Mockery is one form of the literary genre of satire, and it has been noted that "[t]he mock genres and the practice of literary mockery goes back at least as far as the sixth century BCE". [19]