Ecce Homo (Christ as the Man of Sorrows) | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1650

On view, 2nd floor, European Art

During the 17th century, painted wood was popular in Spain while other European countries preferred stone or bronze. Spanish realism and taste for grim detail are manifested in the streams of blood flowing from Christ's head and down his shoulders, and especially evident in the detail of the rope-chafed wrists. The color was probably applied by an artist specializing in painting wood sculpture. The carving is crisp and strong. Avoiding the sensational, the sculptor has made a powerful statement in form and meaning.

Medium: Polychromed wood
Dimensions: 27 1/2 × 21 1/4 × 14 3/16 in. (69.9 × 54 × 36 cm)
Credit Line: Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
Accession Number: 1964.52
Culture: Spanish, Madrid
Period: 17th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Holagray collection, Bordeaux; private collection (France?); Cesar de Hauke, Paris

Bibliography

James Clifton, The Body of Christ: In the Art of Europe and New Spain, 1150–1800, exh. cat. (Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1997), 80–1, no. 34, ill

Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500–1800 in United States Collections, exh. cat. (New York: The Spanish Institute, 1993), 120–21, no. 21, ill

Andrew Carnduff Ritchie and Katherine Neilson, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972), no. 124, ill

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

religious art

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