1521
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Ecce Homo is a 1521 ink by Lucas van Leyden, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows three men in a tense scene. The man in the center stands on a raised platform, holding a stick and looking down. He wears a crown of thorns and a loose robe. To his left, another man leans forward, his hands raised as if in sorrow or protest. On the right, a soldier in armor points a spear downward, his face stern. The artist used fine lines to show texture—like the folds in the robes or the armor’s details. The background looks like a textured wall, adding depth. Try looking up engraving to see how artists like this 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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