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Christ Crowned with Thorns

Ludwik Papuzynski

Basic information

ID: Ж-1933
Author: Ludwik Papuzynski
Name: Christ Crowned with Thorns
Date of creation: 1844
Country: Poland
Technique: oil painting
Material: canvas oil
Dimensions: 48.5 x 40.5 cm (height x width)

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: religious
Provenance: Museum of Jan III Sobieski in Lviv

Information about author

Author: Ludwik Papuzynski
Author in the original: Ludwik Papużyński
Artist's lifetime: 1st half of the 19th c.
Country: Poland
Biography: Ludwik Papuzynski (1st half of the 19th c.) was a Polish artist who specialised in sacred art. He lived and worked in Krosno (Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland). He decorated local churches and also gave drawing lessons.

Object description

The work is an iconographic bust-length depiction of Jesus Christ with a crown of thorns against a dark olive background. Christ's head is tilted to the right, with his eyes looking upwards. Over his shoulder is a "scarlet robe" – a red mantle traditionally worn by monarchs on particularly solemn occasions. The painting by Papuzynski shows an evident influence from the composition of Guido Reni's "Christ Crowned with Thorns" (1639–1640).

Inscriptions

At the bottom right, the artist's signature and date: "L. Papużyński pinxit 1844".

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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