Ecce Homo
Panel
ca. 1550 (made)
ca. 1550 (made)
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The Latin title of this panel is ‘Ecce Homo’ (‘behold the man’). According to the Gospel of St John, these were the words uttered by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, when he presented the scourged Christ to the assembled crowds who then demanded his crucifixion.
In the middle of the period 1500-1600, when this panel was made, new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glassmakers used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here.
In the middle of the period 1500-1600, when this panel was made, new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glassmakers used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ecce Homo (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Stained glass |
| Brief description | Stained Glass panel depicting 'Ecce Homo', German, ca.1550 |
| Physical description | Stained glass panel, in dark brown, red, silver-yellow, blue and green enamel, and needle point, depicting 'Ecce Homo'. |
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| Production | Based on one of the series of woodcuts of the Passion by Albrecht Durer. |
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| Summary | The Latin title of this panel is ‘Ecce Homo’ (‘behold the man’). According to the Gospel of St John, these were the words uttered by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, when he presented the scourged Christ to the assembled crowds who then demanded his crucifixion. In the middle of the period 1500-1600, when this panel was made, new techniques for producing decorated glass were introduced. Glassmakers used paints known as 'enamels' to paint directly onto the glass, similar to painting onto a canvas. The colours were produced by adding metallic oxides to a ground glass (frit) mixture and the resulting colour range included the delicate pinks, reds and purples shown here. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Foister, Susan, Art of Light: German Renaissance Stained Glass(London: National Gallery Company, 2007), 32 p., ill., ISBN 978 185709 348 3. p. 15. ill. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 539-1907 |
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| Record created | May 8, 2002 |
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