Who painted “The Mocking of Christ”?

“The Mocking of Christ” was painted by Cimabue in 1280. Where to see it: Louvre.

What to look for

Byzantine: gold backgrounds, flat frontal figures with elongated faces and large eyes, inscriptions and no real perspective; Gothic painting, in the West, gives figures more movement and emotion.

Giovanni Cimabue (c. 1240 – 1302), also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence. Wikipedia

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