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Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo is the Latin for 'Behold the Man', the announcement made by Pontius Pilate when presenting the scourged Christ, wearing the crown of thorns, to the crowd (John 19: 5).

Christ Crowned with Thorns
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Attributed to Pietro Perugino
about 1500-05
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Christ presented to the People
Christ presented to the People
Master of the Bruges Passion Scenes
about 1510
Christ presented to the People
Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo)
Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo)
Correggio
probably about 1525-30
Christ presented to the People (Ecce Homo)
 
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