Mocking of Christ.

Colijn de Coter's Mocking of Christ in the National Museum in Warsaw depicts the soldiers tormenting Christ with a crown of thorns and mock scepter. De Coter's dramatic Passion scenes were widely commissioned by churches and confraternities in the southern Netherlands and beyond. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting. Such devotional panels served both liturgical contexts in churches and chapels and private devotional use in the homes of wealthy families who maintained personal altars and oratories.

The panel features de Coter's characteristic bold figure modeling and expressive facial types, with the tormentors rendered as grotesque caricatures contrasting with Christ's dignified composure, heightening the emotional impact.