Ecce Homo

Title

Ecce Homo

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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Christ and Pilate are shown standing at the top of stairs at the left and appear to be involved in a deep discussion with a bearded man in the foreground, wearing a long blue cape over a yellow robe. Christ is represented with the crown of thorns on his head and covered in blood. He is clad only in a loincloth and a red cloak. The woman behind him pulls back this cloak to reveal his wounds, while further bearded gentleman observes events from behind with little compassion. At the right the stage-like architectural setting ends to reveal a small strip of mountainous landscape, a solitary tree and a distant town. A crowd of angry Jews and soldiers spills into the pictorial space from this direction.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/studio-of-lucas-cranach-the-elder-4428315-details.aspx?; accessed 29.06.2020] or circle of? [Letter from D. Koepplin to Christie's, New York, 12.11.2004; Koepplin Archive]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	or workshop? [Letter from D. Koepplin to Christie's, New York, 12.11.2004; Koepplin Archive]

Production date: 1523

Production date

1523

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 41.3 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 54.6 x 41.3 cm
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Signature / Dating: No signature, but dated '1523' on the side of the third step; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

No signature, but dated '1523' on the side of the third step; in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels: Hebrew lettering on the hem of the man, wearing a blue gown and yellow robe, prominently positioned in the …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Hebrew lettering on the hem of the man, wearing a blue gown and yellow robe, prominently positioned in the foreground in dialogue with Christ

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P398
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P398/

Provenance

property of an East Coast Collector
on loan to Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, as 'Lucas Cranach the Elder'
sold at Christie's, New York, 26.01.2005, lot 54
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Research History / Discussion

'The present composition is based on Albrecht Dürer's woodcut Ecce Homo of circa 1498 and was possibly part of a series of altarpieces produced between 1520 and 1525 for the Stiftskirche in Halle, which included scenes from the Passion and were painted after designs by Lucas Cranach the Elder.'

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Ecce Homo, 1523

Images

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