ID: 700008952 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008952	Record Type: Movable Work

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (dry point (print); Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn; 1655; Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, Hennepin county,...; 2012.92.1)

Note: In 1655, the year after Rembrandt and his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels fell into disgrace due to the harsh and unfair judgment at the hands of church officials, Rembrandt returned to work on the copper printing plate of his drypoint tour de force Ecce Homo, literally "Behold the Man," the phrase spoken by Pontius Pilate when presenting Christ to the crowd for judgement. Using a scraper, he set about the onerous task of effacing the beautiful crowd scene that had animated the foreground. He also retouched many of the figures remaining in the image, most tellingly that of Christ, whom he transformed from the apparition of the Holy Ghost to sinew and bone, a very physical man. He replaced the ground upon which the crowd had stood with a pit, a bottomless opening leading to hell. Now we stand on one side, Christ on the other, and we viewers become the crowd that must answer Pilate's entreaty to choose between Christ and Barrabas.

Titles:

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

dry point (print) [300041349] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints, engravings (prints))

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1655

Creator Display:

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn [preferred]

printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch painter, printmaker, 1606-1669) [500011051]

Locations:

Current: Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, United States) [500225381] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2012.92.1

Credit Line: The Driscoll Art Accessions Endowment Fund

Display Materials: Drypoint (eighth state)

	drypoint (printing process) [300053228]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

Dimensions: 14 1/16 x 17 15/16 in. (35.72 x 45.56 cm) (plate);14 3/16 x 18 1/16 in. (36.04 x 45.88 cm) (sheet); depth 1 mm

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Ecce Homo [901000270]
	.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: The Albertina, Lugt 5d, Vienna; deaccessioned. (Colnaghi, London; their stock no. C. 3680). (Knoedler, N.Y.; their stock no. MK 43715). Richard H. Zinser (about 1883-1983), Forest Hills, N.Y.; thence by descent (until 2006); Shawn Merriman, Denver, 2006-09; seized by United States Federal Marshals, 2009; sale, Gaston & Sheehan, Pflugerville, Tex., online auction concluded July 2, 2012, no. 54; [C.G. Boerner, New York, 2012; sold to MIA]

State: 8:8

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Christ Presented to the People

.................... State 8: Christ Presented to the People

Sources and Contributors:
Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)	........ [VP]
	........ Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) [online] (2000-)