Ecce Homo
1765–1805
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 15 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (39.4 × 26.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.4208
Art Historical Context
Behold the poignant "Ecce Homo," a masterful etching and engraving after a painting by the 17th-century Florentine Baroque artist Carlo Dol, executed by engraver Gaetano Vascellini 1765 and 1805. The title, Latin for "Behold the Man," refers to biblical moment when Pontius Pilate presents the crowned Christ to the crowd, a dramatic motif central to Christian iconography. Dolci, renowned for his exquisitely refined religious works with luminous flesh tones and emotional intensity, captured Christ's suffering with tender realism, a style Vascellini faithfully reproduced in this print. Etching a...
About the Artist
Gaetano Vascellini|Carlo Dolci (Italian|Italian) · 1745 |1616 –1805 |1687
Italian, Castel San Giovanni 1745–1805 Florence|Italian, Florence 1616–1687 Florence