Coronation with Thorns
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Coronation with ThornsBernardino Lanzani

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This fresco (c. 1510) dramatizes Christ’s humiliation before the Crucifixion. Seated on a throne, Christ is mocked and crowned with thorns by his tormentors. The classical architecture and expressive figures heighten the theatricality of the scene, merging Renaissance perspective with devotional intensity.