The Crowning with Thorns is a oil on canvas painting by Caravaggio (1571–1610), created in c. 1602. Measuring 127 × 166 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Matthew 27:27-31.
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him.
They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
When they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.