Ecce Homo / Head of Christ

The iconography of this image of Christ crowned by thorns corresponds to the passage from the Passion narrated in the Gospel of John. After having been lashed, Christ is presented by Pontius Pilate to the crowd with the phrase “Behold the man”. This expression is conserved in Latin as "Ecce Homo", as a reminder of the real human and divine condition of the Son of God. Pictorially, the front view of the face, the narrow framing of the head surrounded by the three powers and the greenish and translucent flesh tones correspond to the Flemish model created by the Dutch painter, Dirk Bouts (1420-1475).