Oil on pine panel
52 x 29 x 3 cm 20 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 in
Provenance: private European collection
Depicting an episode from the Passion of Christ, this work evokes the flagellation of Christ. Jesus of Nazareth is standing, crowned with thorns and clothed, both hands fettered by a rope.
Ecce homo is the expression used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John (19:5) when he presents Jesus to the crowd, beaten and crowned with thorns, before the Crucifixion.