Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Ecce Homo

"Ecce Homo"

Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlandish (active Hertogenbosch), c. 1450 - 1516

Date:
16th century

Medium:
Oil and gold on panel

Dimensions:
20 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (52.1 x 54 cm)

Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Object Location:

* Gallery 217, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Accession Number:
Cat. 352

Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

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Christ, seen at the upper right next to Pilate, is surrounded by figures who look more like fiends than human beings. Their repulsive features, bristling weapons, and bizarre headgear separate them from the impassive figure of Christ, and also from the viewer. The flat, relief-like setting, divided into two levels by an unbalanced architectural structure, adds to the nightmarish feeling of this scene.

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