Why it matters
Pilate presents the beaten Christ to a jeering crowd, and inscriptions float from their mouths like speech balloons: 'Ecce Homo' ('Behold the Man') and the reply 'Crucify him'. An owl above Pilate and a toad on a soldier's shield are emblems of evil.
Did you know?
- It was painted between 1475 and 1485.
- A third inscription came from two donors, who were later painted over.
- A copy is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Based on the Wikipedia article Ecce Homo (Bosch, Frankfurt) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
