Ecce Homo

by Antonello da Messina

Ecce Homo
c. 1473
Painting

Details

Ecce Homo is the title of a series of paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. They date from 1470 to 1475.

Antonello is known to have treated this subject four times; three are variations of the same design; a fourth  differs. In one painting Christ has a crown of thorns.  In another he has no crown but a rope around hisneck. In another he has neither a crown nor a rope.

About This Artwork

This Early Renaissance religious painting of Christ's face is oil on panel. It measures 48.5 x 38 cm

It is housed in the Collegio Alberoni, Piacenza, Italy

 

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