Crowning with Thorns
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Crowning with Thorns is a scene from the Passion of Christ in which Jesus is mockingly crowned with thorns, forming the third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary in Christian tradition.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T917343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crowning with Thorns Context triple: [Sorrowful Mysteries, thirdMystery, Crowning with Thorns]
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A.
The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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B.
Agony in the Garden
Agony in the Garden is a New Testament event in which Jesus prays in deep anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion.
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C.
Lamentation of Christ
Lamentation of Christ is a traditional Christian artistic theme depicting the mourners grieving over the dead body of Jesus after his crucifixion.
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D.
Scourging at the Pillar
Scourging at the Pillar is a Christian devotional meditation on Jesus Christ’s brutal whipping before his crucifixion, traditionally contemplated as the second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary.
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E.
De Carne Christi
De Carne Christi is an early Christian theological treatise by Tertullian that defends the true, fleshly incarnation of Christ against docetic and Gnostic views.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crowning with Thorns Target entity description: Crowning with Thorns is a scene from the Passion of Christ in which Jesus is mockingly crowned with thorns, forming the third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary in Christian tradition.
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A.
The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, renowned for its intense chiaroscuro and emotional realism.
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B.
Agony in the Garden
Agony in the Garden is a New Testament event in which Jesus prays in deep anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane on the night before his crucifixion.
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C.
Lamentation of Christ
Lamentation of Christ is a traditional Christian artistic theme depicting the mourners grieving over the dead body of Jesus after his crucifixion.
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D.
Scourging at the Pillar
Scourging at the Pillar is a Christian devotional meditation on Jesus Christ’s brutal whipping before his crucifixion, traditionally contemplated as the second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary.
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E.
De Carne Christi
De Carne Christi is an early Christian theological treatise by Tertullian that defends the true, fleshly incarnation of Christ against docetic and Gnostic views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary
ⓘ
biblical scene ⓘ event in the Passion of Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWithDevotion |
Sorrowful Mysteries
ⓘ
surface form:
Five Sorrowful Mysteries
Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWithDoctrine |
Christ’s kingship
ⓘ
atonement ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran churches
|
| describedIn |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| formsPartOfDevotion |
Holy Rosary
ⓘ
Stations of the Cross ⓘ |
| frequentlyDepictedBy |
Baroque painters
ⓘ
Renaissance painters ⓘ |
| hasArtisticGenre | Christian religious art ⓘ |
| hasPositionInSeries | third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
crown of thorns
ⓘ
purple robe ⓘ reed scepter ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
humiliation
ⓘ
mockery of kingship ⓘ redemptive suffering ⓘ Paschal mystery ⓘ
surface form:
suffering of Christ
|
| iconographicAttributeOf |
Man of Sorrows
ⓘ
surface form:
Christ the King in suffering
|
| isFollowedBy | Carrying of the Cross ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | Scourging at the Pillar ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Crowning with Thorns
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
French: Couronnement d’épines
German: Dornenkrönung ⓘ Crowning with Thorns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Italian: Incoronazione di spine
Spanish: Coronación de espinas ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
commemorated during Holy Week
ⓘ
commemorated on Good Friday ⓘ |
| location |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Castra Praetoria ⓘ
surface form:
Praetorium
|
| mainParticipant | Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| notableDepictionBy |
Anthony van Dyck
ⓘ
Caravaggio ⓘ Hieronymus Bosch ⓘ Titian ⓘ |
| notablyAbsentFrom | Gospel of Luke ⓘ |
| numberInStationsOfTheCross | often combined within early stations on Jesus’ condemnation and suffering ⓘ |
| partOf | Passion of Christ ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Roman soldiers ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Crowning with Thorns Description of subject: Crowning with Thorns is a scene from the Passion of Christ in which Jesus is mockingly crowned with thorns, forming the third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary in Christian tradition.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Crowning with Thorns
this entity surface form:
Christ Crowned with Thorns
this entity surface form:
The Mocking of Christ
this entity surface form:
The Crowning with Thorns
this entity surface form:
Italian: Incoronazione di spine
this entity surface form:
French: Couronnement d’épines
this entity surface form:
The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio workshop or follower)
this entity surface form:
Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers