Ecce Homo
Vincenzo Foppa (c.1427 - c.1515)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1440 - 1515
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
552 x 387 (21 3/4 x 15 1/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Trerice, Cornwall
NT 337043
Caption
Here is an intimate view of Christ alone from an episode of the Passion. This is the moment just before Jesus is brought before the Jewish people and Pontius Pilate declares: Behold the Man (Ecce Homo)! He has been flagellated, mocked, dressed in an imperial gown, wrists bound and crowned with thorns; blood drips down his forehead. It is as if he is having a last look in the mirror before the crucifixion and although he is facing the viewer his eyes are glazed over in resignation. Foppa is known for his daring perspective and elaborate foreshortenings in his fresco cycles and large altarpieces, having been influenced by the artistic developments in Milan at the end of the 15th century. Yet this painting differs except in the grey, cold effect of the colour. He returned to his native Brescia in 1489 after which, one can guess, he painted this picture.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Ecce Homo by Vincenzo Foppa (Bagnolo, near Brescia c.1427 – Brescia c.1515).
Provenance
Given to Trerice by Mr and Mrs Fielding Lewis Marshall from their collection in 1974.
Makers and roles
Vincenzo Foppa (c.1427 - c.1515), artist