Christ Crowned with Thorns (van Dyck) then bought by Philip IV of Spain, who held it in the Escorial before it entered the Prado Museum in 1839. 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
Vedder Van Dyck Vedder Van Dyck Vedder Van Dyck (18 July 1889 - 2 August 1960) was the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. A graduate of Columbia College (1918) and the General Theological Seminary in New York (1914), he was consecrated on February 24, 1936. His consecrators were James DeWolf Perry, Henry Knox Sherrill and John T. Dallas. Prior to this, Van Dyck was served Saint Mary's Church in Amityville, New York, where he was ordained as deacon (1914), priest (1915), and priest-in-charge and rector (1917–1929). He retired as bishop on August 2, 1960, and was succeeded by Harvey D.