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DOI Artikel:Walicki, Michał: The " Ecce Homo" by Hans Hoffmann in the Radziwill Collection at Nieborów
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17138#0086
1. Here attributed to Hans Hoffmann, Ecce Homo, National Museum, Warsaw
(Nieborów Palące)
thick (65.2 X 52 cm) and in tlie top right-hand part of the picture there is a signature in the
form of the famous monogram with the datc 1520.
The 1'igure of Christ, wearing the crown of thorns and seen from the waist upwards, stands
out against a dark olive background which merges into black; the visible part of the torso is
turned "en trois quart" in contrast to the head which we sce almost face on. The tension of
the contrasting axes hcightens the dramatic vision. This face is well known from the pictures
of Durer's circle. There is something massive, somatic and heavy about the face, bathed in
a dew of perspiration, with sensual mouth and eyes. The morbid complexion is enlivened by the
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(Nieborów Palące)
thick (65.2 X 52 cm) and in tlie top right-hand part of the picture there is a signature in the
form of the famous monogram with the datc 1520.
The 1'igure of Christ, wearing the crown of thorns and seen from the waist upwards, stands
out against a dark olive background which merges into black; the visible part of the torso is
turned "en trois quart" in contrast to the head which we sce almost face on. The tension of
the contrasting axes hcightens the dramatic vision. This face is well known from the pictures
of Durer's circle. There is something massive, somatic and heavy about the face, bathed in
a dew of perspiration, with sensual mouth and eyes. The morbid complexion is enlivened by the
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