Ecce Homo, Oil on canvas, 16th century

Intimate half-length devotional image of the Suffering Christ. Thorns crown his head with blood trickling down forehead, cheeks and bare chest; a single tear on the left cheek. A heavy black chain drapes around neck and torso, paired with the mocking cane and green-blue cloak. Dark uniform background. Characteristic expressive brushwork with thick impasto in blood passages and visible coarse canvas texture.

Good and stable condition for its age (c. 500 years) with fine mesh craquelure, yellowed natural resin varnish and minor traces of incense smoke.

Rare and emotionally powerful Alpine devotional painting.

Period: Cirica 1500s

Origin: Italy

Tehnique: Oil on Canvas

Size: H= 40cm, W= 32cm, D= 4cm

Provinance: Formerly in a European private collection; purchased on the antiques market in Vienna (Austria). The object has been in Europe for several decades.