1509
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ecce Homo is a 1509 ink by Lucas van Leyden, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a group of people gathered around a man standing in a doorway. The man in the doorway is half-naked, holding a staff, while others look up at him or point. One person kneels, another stands with a child. The background has a small town with buildings and a castle on a hill. The scene looks like a story from the Bible, but it’s also packed with tiny details—like the people in the corners and the decorative border. The artist used lines to create shadows and depth, making it feel almost three-dimensional. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this one carved images into metal.
Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver.
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