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| Title | Ecce Homo | |
| Collection | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Artist | Italian (Venetian) School Previously attributed to after Titian (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1488-1576) Previously attributed to Molino, Domenico (Italian artist, active mid 16th century) Previously attributed to Titian (Italian painter and draftsman, ca. 1488-1576) |
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| Date Earliest | probably about 1547 | |
| Date Latest | possibly about 1560 | |
| Description | Christ is depicted three-quarter length against a plain dark background. His head is bowed, he is crowned with thorns, and his forehead bleeds, his wrists are crossed and bound with rope, and he holds the rod loosely. He is naked except for a dark red drape. The composition is related to a ruined work by Titian in the Prado and a number of other variants by the artist and his workshop. The Prado Ecce Homo was painted in 1547 for Emperor Charles V. | |
| Current Accession Number | BATVG:P:1900.43 | |
| Former Accession Number | A38 | |
| Subject | religion (Christ, Man of Sorrows, Ecce Homo, Passion) | |
| Measurements | 38.6 x 27.6 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Given by Mrs Thornhill 1900. | |
| Provenance | Acquired by Frank Hall Standish in Madrid, before 1840; given by Frank Hall Standish to Rev. Thomas Birkett by 1840; by descent(?) to N. Birkett(?) | |
| Principal Exhibitions | Bath Assembly Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 1948 | |
| Publications | Catalogue of Pictures: Exhibition of Pictures in the Possession of the Corporation of the City of Bath, (Bath Assembly Exhibition) 1948, p. 24 (as by Titian); Whethey, Harold E., The Paintings of Titian, I The Religious Paintings, London, 1969, pp. 86-87, cat. no. 32 (as copy by Domenico Molino (?), after the Chantilly replica.); Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain: An Index of Continental Old Master Paintings executed before c.1800 in Public Collections in the United Kingdom, London, 1976, p. 202 (as Titian, copy); Sloman, S., Victoria Art Gallery: Concise Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings, Bath, 1991, p. 108 (as after Titian). | |
| Notes | The version of Ecce Homo in the Pardo, Madrid, was painted in 1547 for Emperor Charles V. Titian also made a version for his associate the poet Pietro Aretino, who encouraged other collectors to order replicas. Whethey described the Victoria Art Gallery panel as a studio copy after the version in Chantilly (Musée Condé, PE32). A previous attribution to Domenico Molino may refer to Jacopo Molino, a pupil of Titian (see Detlev Baron von Hadeln, 'Jacopo Molino', Burlington Magazine,1928, pp. 226-231. Mrs Thornhill donated two further oil paintings. |
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| Rights Owner | Victoria Art Gallery, Bath | |
| Author | Dr Susan Steer | |