Ecce-homo Theme Pages

A bound Jesus Christ wearing the crown of thorns. Ecce Homo (behold the man) is the Latin phrase that Pontius Pilate when Christ was presented to the crowd just before the crucifixion.

The image has been popular in depictions of the Passion in western art particularly during the 15th to 17th centuries.

This detached fresco, in the cloisters of San Marco Florence, by Fra Angelico and depicts the "Man of Sorrows" was painted in1442-43. Surrounding the work are two of the virtues Justice and Charity by Giovanbattista Vanni painted in 1652.

This polychromatic wooden sculpture dates from the early 16th century. It is part of the Saint Martha Altarpiece by Jean Le Pot in St. Etienne, Beauvais.

This stone sculpture from the 16th century of Christ in Chains, is in the North Ambulatory of St. Etienne in Beauvais, France.

Statue representing Ecce Homo at Orleans Cathedral.

 

19th century stained glass reprtesentation of Ecce Homo at Saint Eusice.Selles-sur-cher, France.

This monumental statue standing at 11ft tall was carved from a single six-ton block of Subiaco marble, and depicts Christ bound and crowned with thorns, being presented before Pontius Pilate.