Ecce Homo, from The Passion
1500/25
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet, cut within plate: 11.2 × 11.2 cm (4 7/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
106693
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This unsigned image depicting a scene from Christ’s Passion has been stylistically attributed to the Master S., a now unknown printmaker who led an active workshop. It is possible that the artist was the Antwerp goldsmith Alexander (or “Sander”) van Brugsal; he had an international taste in art, for he received four prints from Albrecht Dürer, a dinner guest, in August 1520. Most of the works produced by this artist were devotional, circular, and small enough to be used as designs for armor, tab...