Ecce Homo
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1877
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
279 x 203 mm (11 x 8 in)
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343181.9
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Ecco Homo by Rebecca Dulcibella Ferrers Orpen, later Mrs Edward Dering (1830 – 1923), 1877. Painted within the oval recessed centre of the panel, the edge painted in gold leaf. Half-length figure of Christ wearing a red cloak and a white loin cloth, his hands bound and wearing the crown of thorns. He holds a reed in his right hand. Blood drips from his forehead and a wound in his right side. He looks towards the right and is flanked by soldiers to left and right. A Holy light emanates from behind him and red curtains frame the scene.
Provenance
Acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980
Credit line
Baddesley Clinton, The Ferrers Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1980)
Makers and roles
Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (1829/30 - 1923), artist