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바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 13. 18:14

Titian 1487/90 – 1576

Ecce Homo

oil on canvas (242 × 361 cm) — 1543

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Titian biography

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

Art and the Bible - John 19 - New Testament

John 19 1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. 4 Pilate theref

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The Roman governor Pilate shows the captured Jesus to the people that wants to crucify him: "Behold the man!"

 

It is hard to see from his expression whether Pilate feels compassion or disgust.

 

The large canvas was commissioned by a rich merchant from Venice, Giovanni d'Anna.

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