Ecce Homo
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Félix Van Aerschodt (foundries),
Constantin Meunier (sculptors)
,
André Van Aerschodt (foundries)
Date
ca. 1890Period
19th centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In Ecce homo, Constantin Meunier reverts back to a well-known motif in Christian iconography, namely the tortured Christ being displayed to the people. We are struck by the introvert and yet expressive nature of the sculpture. Meunier combines the expression of psychological desperation and physical suffering. Meunier worked as a painter, sculptor, draughtsman, lithographer and illustrator. However, it was as…
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In Ecce homo, Constantin Meunier reverts back to a well-known motif in Christian iconography, namely the tortured Christ being displayed to the people. We are struck by the introvert and yet expressive nature of the sculpture. Meunier combines the expression of psychological desperation and physical suffering. Meunier worked as a painter, sculptor, draughtsman, lithographer and illustrator. However, it was as a sculptor that he was best known. There are three known versions of Ecce homo. Meunier wrote in a letter that he wanted no more than 10 copies of the work to be cast in bronze to prevent it from ending up ‘in the ordinary commercial circuit’.
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