Ecce Homo `` Christ Of Pity '' Popular Gouache On Canivet-style Embossed Paper, Late 18th C.

This beautiful representation of `` Christ in the bonds '' illustrates in a traditional way, the episode of the outrages suffered by Christ before his crucifixion: Pilate presents Christ in the disguise of a caricatural king, wearing the crown of thorns , endowed with a reed scepter, and decked out, in derision, with a purple mantle. Lovely gouache on embossed and perforated paper, work from the end of the 18th century. In its blackened wooden frame and light gold mesh, with its old protective glass. The background of the frame was changed.
Sight gouache: 18.5 x 26.5 cm
Frame: 23 x 31 cm