The christ mocked based on the work of Quentin Metsy, ,Italy 17th century

Lombard School from the early 17th century, after a work by Quentin Metsys from 1526, housed in the Doge's Palace in Venice.

Three versions of this work were painted: in Budapest, in Erba (Como), and ours, which includes a variant and only three figures (Christ, Pontius Pilate, and the Roman soldier).

Quentin Metsys, born in Antwerp in 1466, was an eminent painter of the Flemish Renaissance. A student of Dirk Bouts and a contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, and Holbein, he traveled to Italy around 1510, visiting Milan and Venice.

The work, Ecce Homo, depicts Christ with gentle grace, surrounded by the richly dressed Pontius Pilate and the Roman soldier, portrayed as a grotesque figure. This representation perfectly embodies the ideals of the Devotio Moderna.

Painting alone 98X79cm