Ecce Homo, from "The Passion of Christ"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 1/8 in. (19.8 × 13 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
51.501.167(8)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the dramatic intensity of Hendrick Goltzius's *Ecce Homo* (1597), a masterful engraving from his series *The Passion of Christ This Dutch Mannerist artist, renowned for his innovative printmaking in Haarlem, captures the biblical moment when Pontius Pilate presents the crowned and scourged Jesus to a hostile crowd, declaring "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the Man"). Created amid the religious tensions of the late 16th-century Dutch Republic, the work reflects the enduring popularity of Passion imagery, blending Catholic devotion with Protestant-era artistry. Goltzius's engraving, measuring just ...
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius · 1558–1617
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) was the most celebrated engraver of the Northern Renaissance and a pivotal figure in Dutch Mannerism. Born near the German-Dutch border, Goltzius transformed printmaking into a virtuoso art form through his revolutionary 'swelling line' technique, where the burin was manipulated to create lines of varying thickness that produced unprecedented tonal effects and three-d...