The Mockery

In the midst of men, yet alone. The painting depicts Christ in the moment of humiliation and scorn. “Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face.” John 19: 1-3