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Ecce Homo (recto)

Maker

(artist)
active 1603 (active)

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1566-1651

Title

Ecce Homo (recto)

Date of Production

(?) 1600 - 1606

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto), graphite, pen and brown ink (verso) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 34.2 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1993

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The attribution of this drawing to Hans Hausser, whose life is undocumented, is based on a signed painting in Munich, which shows an almost identical composition. Two scenes of the Passion are combined: in the foreground Christ is presented to the people who clamour for his crucifixion. In the distance at the right he carries the Cross. Extreme sketchiness, unusually abbreviated main characters and caricature-like rendering of minor figures give the work a modern appearance.

Provenance

possibly Pierre Crozat, Paris (1661-1740); possibly Alexandre-Pierre-François Robert-Dumesnil, Paris (1778-1864) [though not listed in his 1838 sale catalogue]; Spencer (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Special Display - German drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/06/2007-23/09/2007

Zeichnung in Deutschland. Deutsche Zeichner 1540-1640, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 01/12/1979-17/02/1980

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery & Manchester & England, 24/10/1961-10/12/1961 ...More

Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943

?, Kassel Gallery, ? ...Less

Literature

Zeichnung in Deutschland. Deutsche Zeichner 1540-1640, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1979-1980
no. J.15

German Art, 1400-1800, from collections in Great Britain, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1961
cat. no. 167

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: fleur-de-lis above a shield with bend above monogram “WR” (similar to Briquet 995 - Amsterdam 1589, Strasburg 1597-1609).

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

Inscription: Recto: lower left, brown ink, abraded and nearly illegible: “H [...] / 160[...] //”; lower centre edge, graphite, partially erased: “A. Bloemart 1680. Crozat Dumesnil [or Dimsdale?] Collection”. Verso: lower left, graphite, partially erased: “Bloemart / [...] / Study for the picture [...] Destroyed //”.

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