Doornenkroning en geseling van Christus en badende hoveling 1630

This etching by Pieter de Jode I depicts a scene of the Passion of Christ. In the upper portion of the print, a group of men are shown crowning Christ with thorns, while in the lower portion, a nobleman is being attended to in a room. The print is thought to have been produced for a book of devotional images and it exemplifies the detailed and realistic style of printmaking popular in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. This piece uses detailed etching to depict the scene. The print was made for a book of devotional images, a popular genre in the 17th century.