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Title

Ecce Homo (Large Passion Series)

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

A crowd of men, rendered as a dense mass of bodies and faces that bristles with pikes and spears, gather before a porch attached to an ornately decorated stone building. A bearded man, wearing rich dress and a turban leans over the balustrade of the porch toward the crowd with his arms outstretched and his hands open as he turns his head to look at the man standing beside him. This sorrowful figure wears only a crown of thorns and a long robe that is partly opened by the man standing behind him to reveal his lean body flecked with drops of sweat or blood.

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

Late 15th-Early 16th century

Object Creation Date

1498-1500

Accession Number

1953/1.48

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 21.19247

Primary Keywords

christianity

crowd

nuremberg (inhabited place)

passion cycles

turbans

woodcuts

Title

Ecce Homo (Passion Series)

Artist

Martin Schongauer

Physical Description

A bearded man, wearing only a crown of thorns, a loincloth, and a long robe, stands stooped and sorrowful at the top of a short flight of steps. A man wearing a pointed cap and holding a scepter in his left hand emerges from the doorway behind him and points toward him with his right hand. A riotous crowd, full of grimacing and leering faces, stands on the steps and ground below. A column and a bundle of switches appear through the window behind the crowned figure. A small snarling dog appears in the foreground next to the steps where the artist's initials "M + S" are inscribed.

Artist Life Dates

c. 1430-1491

Century

15th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1480

Accession Number

1961/1.169

Medium and Support

engraving on paper

relevance

rank 21.19247

Primary Keywords

christianity

crowd

dogs

engraving (printing process)

passion cycles

stairs

Title

The Flagellation (Large Passion Series)

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Physical Description

At the center of this densely detailed print stands a male figure, nude except for a loincloth, with his hands tied behind him to a column. He is encircled by a crowd of figures, including three men who beat him with whips, switches, and fists. A fourth figure leers at him grotesquely, while another sits on the ground with his feet against the column and pulls the ropes holding their victim. Another figure, wearing elaborate armor, kneels in the foreground as he prepares his switches. Onlookers, some wearing elaborate turbans and robes inspired by Turkish clothing, stand behind the torturers. A crown of thorns sits in the lower right corner and a small dog appears in the center foreground next to the artist's initials.

Artist Life Dates

(Nüremberg, 1471 - 1528)

Century

Late 15th century

Object Creation Date

1497

Accession Number

1960/2.35

Medium and Support

woodcut on paper

relevance

rank 20.54999

Primary Keywords

christianity

crowd

nuremberg (inhabited place)

passion cycles

turbans

whips (animal equipment)

woodcuts