Crowning with Thorns

E109889

Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary biblical scene event in the Passion of Christ

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Crowning with Thorns canonical	5
The Crowning with Thorns	2
Christ Crowned with Thorns	1
Crowning with thorns	1
French: Couronnement d’épines	1
Italian: Incoronazione di spine	1
Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers	1
The Crowning with Thorns (Caravaggio workshop or follower)	1
The Mocking of Christ	1

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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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	Five Sorrowful Mysteries ⓘ linked to: Sorrowful Mysteries Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine	Christ’s kingship ⓘ atonement ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lutheran churches ⓘ linked to: Lutheranism
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 ⓘ suffering of Christ ⓘ linked to: Paschal mystery
iconographicAttributeOf	Christ the King in suffering ⓘ linked to: Man of Sorrows
isFollowedBy	Carrying of the Cross ⓘ
isPrecededBy	Scourging at the Pillar ⓘ
languageVariant	French: Couronnement d’épines ⓘ linked to: Crowning with Thorns German: Dornenkrönung ⓘ Italian: Incoronazione di spine ⓘ linked to: Crowning with Thorns Spanish: Coronación de espinas ⓘ
liturgicalUse	commemorated during Holy Week ⓘ commemorated on Good Friday ⓘ
location	Jerusalem ⓘ Praetorium ⓘ linked to: Castra Praetoria
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sorrowful Mysteries → thirdMystery → Crowning with Thorns ⓘ

Sorrowful Mysteries → meditationSubject → Crowning with Thorns ⓘ

Titian → notableWork → The Crowning with Thorns ⓘ