:Angel with the Crown of Thorns

{{Short description|Sculpture by Gianlorenzo Bernini}}

{{Infobox artwork

| title = Angel with the Crown of Thorns

| image_file = Gian lorenzo bernini, angelo con la corona di spine, 1668-69, 02.jpg

| image_upright = 1

| artist = Gian Lorenzo Bernini

| catalogue = 72

| year = {{start date|1667}}

| type = Sculpture

| material = Marble

| subject = Angel

| city = Rome

| museum = Sant'Andrea delle Fratte

| coordinates = {{coord|41|54|13.0|N|12|29|0.7|E|display=it}}

| preceded_by = Elephant and Obelisk

| followed_by = Angel with the Superscription

}}

Angel with the Crown of Thorns is a statue by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Originally commissioned by Pope Clement IX for the Ponte Sant'Angelo project, the statue was replaced with a copy and the original was moved to Sant'Andrea delle Fratte in Rome, Italy. The statue was started in 1667 and completed in 1669.{{cite web|title=Angel with the Crown of Thorns |work=Web Gallery of Art |date= |url=http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1660/angel2.html |accessdate=13 August 2013}} A terracotta modello for the sculpture is held by the musée du Louvre in Paris.

The statue depicts the crown of thorns mentioned in the canonical gospels.