Christ Being Crowned with Thorns  1548

by Maerten van Heemskerck

[i]Pen, brown ink and black chalk on buff paper. [br]w20.4 x h25.5 cm (Without frame)[/i] This drawing is one of many studies for a series of etchings, the exact number of which remains a bone of contention among scholars. One expert lists 24 prints, another 28. [b]No direct link between the series' drawings[/b] Apart from a certain motivic consistency, there is n...
Credit: 
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Denmark