Follower of ANTONIO ALLEGRI DA CORREGIO, (Italy,... Lot n° 33

Follower of ANTONIO ALLEGRI DA CORREGIO, (Italy, 1494 - 1534); Spanish school, 17th century. "Ecce Homo". Oil on canvas glued to panel. It presents important faults and losses of the pictorial surface. Measurements: 34 x 27 cm; 48 x 41 cm (frame). The theme of the Ecce Homo belongs to the cycle of the Passion, and immediately precedes the episode of the Crucifixion. Following this iconography, Jesus is presented at the moment after being crowned with thorns and dressed in a purple robe (although it is barely visible here, in order to show the suffering of Christ's face more clearly). The words "Ecce Homo" are those pronounced by Pilate when presenting Christ to the crowd; their translation is "behold the man", a phrase by which he mocks Jesus and implies that Christ's power was not so great as that of the rulers who were judging him. Aesthetically, the composition of the face is reminiscent of the work by Antonio Allegri da Correggio (Italy, 1494-1534), now in the collection of the National Gallery, London.