# Christ Crowned with Thorns

**Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)** (Italian, 1430–1479)  
Oil, possibly over tempera, on wood  
16 3/4 x 12 in. (42.5 x 30.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 32.100.82. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435580).

## About this work

Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) painted this, aged about 20. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/antonello-da-messina-antonello-di-giovanni-d-antonio)

Italian, 1430–1479; born in Messina; died in Messina

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- The artist was about 20
- Real size: about 17 × 12 in (43 × 31 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 15th century
- Subjects: Christ
- Colour: olive
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1057.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1057/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-crowned-with-thorns-met-435580).