Ecce Homo

In this painting, Pilate speaks to the crowds, finding no fault in Jesus. As one looks at the light, the draping fabric, and the movement and realism of the characters, it looks like a still from a movie. A lot of that effect is achieved through the choice to paint this scene from the back instead of straight on like many artists would choose to set up this shot, giving the viewer the feeling of being a silent spectator.

Ecce Homo are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before His crucifixion (John 19:5).

The painting Ecce Homo  is by Italian painter Ciseri. It is an example of the style known as Italian Purism. The Purismo movement  rejected Neoclassicism and focused on artists like Raphael.  Ciseri’s paintings have an almost cinematic, photo-like realism.