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Wilhelm Traut, block carver

Ecce Homo, 1636 - 1664

Description

Maker

  • Wilhelm Traut, fl. 1636-1664, German, block carver
  • After Lucas Kilian, 1579-1637, German, designer

Title

Ecce Homo

Year

1636 - 1664

Medium

woodcut

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • woodcut

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered within image LL: "L. K. f." and LR: "W. T." followed by cutter's knife. Lettered below image: "Ecce Homo."

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

47.061

About

A man with bulging muscles wields a birch rod while holding down the head of a prisoner who, bound to a column, is forced into a contorted position. The two figures occupy almost the entire sheet, pushing uncomfortably against the edges of the print to emphasize the sense of painful entrapment. This graphically bold devotional image depicts Jesus’s suffering after his arrest. A highly original composition—Jesus is bent to the ground instead of standing in front of a crowd—this work uses unrealistic proportions to heighten its emotional impact. Its interest in drama and depiction of bodies in complicated poses aligns this design with the earlier work of Dutch Mannerist artists, whose influence can also be seen in Giambologna’s river god, exhibited nearby.

Lettered within image LL: "L. K. f." and LR: "W. T." followed by cutter's knife. Lettered below image: "Ecce Homo."

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room

September 28 - October 30, 1948

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Ecce Homo with the accession number of 47.061. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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