Ecce Homo

Title

Ecce Homo

[http://www.museum-digital.de/sachsen/index.php?t=objekt&suinin=54&oges=1153] (accessed 2017-02-15)

Painting on wood (?)

Medium

Painting on wood (?)

[cda 2017]

Wearing the crown of thorns and a red cloak the figure of Christ flagellated stands frontally between two columns and faces the viewer with an expression of suffering. Behind him is Pontius Pilate.

Attribution: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Production date: about 1560

Production date

about 1560

[http://www.museum-digital.de/sachsen/index.php?t=objekt&suinin=54&oges=1153] (accessed 2017-02-15)

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 98 x 113 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 98 x 113 cm
[http://www.museum-digital.de/sachsen/index.php?t=objekt&suinin=54&oges=1153] (accessed 2017-02-15)
Dimensions of visible painted surface: 96.7 x 112.7 cm
[Heydenreich, cda 2017]

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the support: in red paint: 'Eigentum der Stadtgemeinde 175/IV Gottlob Hieronymus Waeger .4. Stadtrichter renoviert Ao. 1764'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the support: in red paint: 'Eigentum der Stadtgemeinde 175/IV Gottlob Hieronymus Waeger .4. Stadtrichter renoviert Ao. 1764'
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Owner: Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg
Repository: Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg
Location: Freiberg

CDA ID: DE_SBMF_03
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SBMF_03/

Provenance

1764 property of the town commune (inscription on the reverse)
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Ecce Homo, about 1560

Images

Technical studies

08. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, dark drawing material, stylus; combined with a fluid drawing medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- detailed underdrawing

- delicate to relatively broad lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; the lines define the main contours and indicate essential details and facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- only very minor corrections to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably after a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini, cda 2017]

photographed by Ingo Sandner
photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Ecce Homo', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SBMF_03/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Ecce Homo', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SBMF_03/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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