Ecce Homo, 1500s, Oil on Canvas

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Intimate half-length devotional portrait of the Suffering Christ. Crown of thorns with dripping blood, single tear on cheek, heavy black … Read more Intimate half-length devotional portrait of the Suffering Christ. Crown of thorns with dripping blood, single tear on cheek, heavy black chain around neck and torso, mocking cane in hand and green-blue cloak over shoulder. Dark background. Expressive late-Gothic brushwork with thick impasto in blood.

Rare and powerful Alpine devotional painting.

Provinance: Formerly in a European private collection; purchased on the antiques market in Vienna (Austria). The object has been in Europe for several decades. Good and stable considering the age (approx. 500 years). - Characteristic fine network craquelure across the entire surface - Yellowed natural resin varnish with scattered minor accretions and smoke/incense staining\. See less