Ecce Homo (이 사람을 보라)

 

 

(요 19:5)

이에 예수께서 가시관을 쓰고 자색 옷을 입고 나오시니 빌라도가 그들에게 말하되 보라 이 사람이로다 하매

 

 

 

 

 

Jheronimus Bosch ca. 1450 – 1516

oil on panel (75 × 61 cm) — ca. 1476 of later

  Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Jheronimus Bosch biography

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate presents the captured Jesus to the priests and the people. "Behold the Man!" he says, thus emphasizing that in his opinion Jesus is not the king of the Jews.

Jesus has been scourged, even though Pilate did not consider him guilty. But the crowd wants more and demands crucifixion.

This is one of Bosch' earlier works. Many of the figures are still a little stiff, but the ｅxpression on their faces is very strong. In the background, a nice view on a medieval city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravaggio 1573 – 1610

oil on canvas (128 × 103 cm) — 1609?

  Palazzo Rosso, Genoa

Caravaggio biography

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

Pilate shows Jesus to the hostile Jewish crowd: "Behold the man!" Jesus has just been scourged and is crowned with thornes.

Some sources claim that Caravaggio used his own face as a model for Pilate's.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Juan de Juanes 1523 – 1579

oil on panel (83 × 62 cm) — c. 1570

  Museo del Prado, Madrid

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

Frontal display of the scourged Christ, crowned with thorns and holding a cane as if it were a scepter. This is how Pilate showed him to the people: Behold the man!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640

Christ with the Crown of Thorns

oil on panel (126 × 96 cm) — c. 1612

  Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Peter Paul Rubens biography

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

The Roman governor Pilate presents Jesus to the people: "Behold the Man!" Rubens reveals Jesus to us by having Pilate and the soldier remove the red cloth. He wears a crown of thorns and on his shoulders are the marks of the flagellation. Yet he doesn't seem to have much pain.

It is a frontal composition with Jesus in the foreground. Rubens may have been influenced by Ecce Homo's by Cigoli, Caravaggio and others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Schongauer ca. 1447 – 1491

copper-plate (c. 160 × 110 mm) — c. 1480

Martin Schongauer biography

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

This print shows a scene from the Gospel of St John. After the Roman governor Pontius Pilate had him scourged, Jesus was crowned with thornes and presented to the Jewish people. "Behold the man!", John quotes Pilate. In the Latin Bible translation by Hieronymus that became Ecce Homo!

The print is part of a series of twelve Schongauer made about the Passion. Click here for the scene with Veronica.

 

 

 

 

 

Titian 1487/90 – 1576

oil on canvas (242 × 361 cm) — 1543

  Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Titian biography

 

This work is linked to John 19:5

 

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.