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Ecce Homo
(Renaissance Europe )
After Christ had been beaten and mocked by the soldiers who crowned him with thorns and gave him a purple robe, Pilate brought him before the people and declared: "Ecce homo" (Behold the man!) (John 19:5). The reed had been given to Jesus as a mock scepter (Matthew 27:29). This devotional painting therefore communicates Christ's suffering and humiliation and urges the worshiper to meditate on the Lord's Passion.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 408, as Carlo Crivelli]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/1900 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 6/1/1946 | Treatment | inpainted; other; varnish removed or reduced |
| 9/13/2004 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 3/14/2005 | Treatment | cleaned; examined for condition; inpainted; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Emilia-Romagna (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 15 3/4 x W: 10 11/16 in. (40 x 27.1 cm); Panel H: 16 1/4 x W: 11 1/4 x D: 9/16 in. (41.3 x 28.6 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.566