Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo

Title

Ecce Homo

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 452, no. 293]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2021]

Painting on oak

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 452, no. 293]

In this composition Christ is shown as a three-quarter length figure in an almost frontal pose with his hands bound and his head crowned with thorns. He displays his wounds to the viewer, while Pilate stands to his right, wearing a turban and pointing at him, his gesture reminding us …

In this composition Christ is shown as a three-quarter length figure in an almost frontal pose with his hands bound and his head crowned with thorns. He displays his wounds to the viewer, while Pilate stands to his right, wearing a turban and pointing at him, his gesture reminding us of the subject ‘Ecce Homo’. Behind a soldier’s grimacing face looms out of the otherwise dark background.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach der Ältere

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 452, no. 293]

Lucas Cranach der Ältere

[Page from an art dealer's catalogue, Cramer, The Hague, 1974, no. 62; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 452, no. 293]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61 x 42.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61 x 42.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 452, no. 293]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia in the top left corner: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia in the top left corner: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Inscriptions and Labels

On the reverse of the panel: 'Königl. Garde-Meubles-Verwaltung Cap. III Nr. 121' with crown above, below a mark in …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the reverse of the panel: 'Königl. Garde-Meubles-Verwaltung Cap. III Nr. 121' with crown above, below a mark in blue 'Schloss Moritzburg Bez. Dresden'

  • [Page from an art dealer's catalogue, Cramer, The Hague, 1974, no. 62; Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P499
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P499/

Provenance

  • documents suggest it was painted for the 'Kurfürstliche Hauskapelle' in the castle, Dresden, where it was remained until the 18th century
  • Royal Saxon Collection, Moritzburg
  • in the collection of Ernest Henry, Duke of Saxony, Coolamber House, Lismacaffrey
  • in the Becker collection, Dortmund
    [Page from a catalogue, Cramer (art dealer), The Hague, 1974, no. 62; Koepplin Archive]

Exhibitions

Dublin 1957
Bielefeld 1972, no. 6
Basel 1974, no. 293

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 452 293
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. The Hague 1974 062
AuthorHans Max Cramer
TitleCatalogue XIX [Cramer Oude Kunst Gallery, The Hague]
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1974
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Bielefeld 1972 006 (additional list) Fig.
EditorHans Georg Gmelin
TitleLukas Cranach der Ältere 1472-1553. Grafik[Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, 23. Januar bis 26. März 1972; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, 8. April bis 17. Mai 1972; Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 26. Mai bis 16. Juli 1972]
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1972
Show Literature
Cat. Dortmund 1967 003
AuthorRolf Fritz
TitleSammlung Becker. Teil 1: Gemälde alter Meister
Place of PublicationDortmund
Year of Publication1967
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Dublin 1957
AuthorJames White
EditorMunicipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
TitlePaintings from Irish collections [Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin]
Place of PublicationDublin
Year of Publication1957
Show Literature
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  • Ecce Homo, after 1537

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File type / description: Scan of colour print
Date: unknown
Author & Rights: Archiv Dieter Koepplin, Basel
Source: Archiv Dieter Koepplin, Basel

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