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The Mocking of Christ

painting by Cimabue, Louvre
VisualArtwork painting Q68496636
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Summary

The Mocking of Christ is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Cimabue[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
  • Genre: religious art[5]
  • Depicts: Mocking of Jesus[6], Jesus Christ[7]
  • Made from material: paint[8], gold[9], poplar panel[10]
  • Collection: Department of Paintings of the Louvre[11]
  • Inventory number: RFML.PE.2023.33.1[12]
  • Location: Louvre Museum[13]
  • Part of: Diptych of Devotion[14]
  • Commons category: The Mocking of Christ - Cimabue[15]
  • Inception: 1280[16]
  • Significant event: art auction[17], rediscovery[18]
  • Main subject: Crowning with Thorns[19]
  • Described at URL: https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.sensationsfund-bei-paris-cimabue-gemaelde-waere-fast-auf-dem-muell-gelandet.77dcf2af-a33e-4cb5-b643-15e32bb3abe7.html[20], https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst/24-millionen-euro-fuer-24-zentimeter-bild-von-cimabue-16401293.html[21], https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/cimabue-gemaelde-der-verspottete-christus-macht-frau-ueberraschend-zu-multimillionaerin-a-1293759.html[22], https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/23054-verspottung-christi-meisterwerk-hing-jahrzehntelang-ueber-herdplatte[23], https://www.weltkunst.de/auktionen/2019/10/sensationsfund-in-frankreich-cimabue-fuer-242-millionen-euro-versteigert[24], https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50201691[25], https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/cimabue-der-verspottete-christus-versteigert-1.4658873[26]
  • Title: The Mocking of Christ[27], La Dérision du Christ[28]
  • Height: 25.8 cm[29]
  • Width: 20.3 cm[30]
  • Copyright status: public domain[31]

Why It Matters

The Mocking of Christ has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Cimabue Jesus Christ Louvre Museum public domain

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · BotMultichillT bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → paint, gold, poplar panel
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Made from material: poplar panel, [[Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Made from material#Normalization|Made from material normalization for paintings]] for painting s"
  2. 14d ago · Oursana · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Made from material: poplar wood"
  3. 14d ago · Oursana · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → art auction, rediscovery
    Collection → Department of Paintings of the Louvre
    Main subject → Crowning with Thorns
    Made from material → paint, gold, poplar panel
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Significant event: art auction"
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