Christ Crowned with Thorns (van Dyck) Christ Crowned with Thorns (van Dyck) Christ Crowned with Thorns is a 1619-20 painting by Anthony van Dyck. He produced it aged 20 during his first Antwerp period, when he was the main studio assistant and pupil of Peter Paul Rubens. It shows Rubens' influence in its relatively sombre palette, chiaroscuro and highly realistic portrayal of musculature. He seems to have completed it early during his stay in Italy, since it also shows the influence of Titian and other Venetian painters in Jesus' face. Once it was complete, van Dyck offered the painting to Rubens, who declined it. It was
Dagmar Dyck Dagmar Dyck Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck (born 1972) is a New Zealand artist of Tongan and German descent. Dyck's prints and paintings are often inspired by her cultural heritage and explore textile practices of Tonga. In 2012, Dyck was co-curator of 'No'o fakataha', a group exhibition of Tongan artists. Dyck completed a Bachelor for Fine Arts through Elam School of Fine Arts in 1994 and a Post-Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts in 1995. She was the first women of Tongan descent to do so. In 2009, Dyck graduated with a Grad Dip in Tchng (Primary) from Victoria University of Wellington. She