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The Man of Sorrows and His Mother

Netherlandish 15th Century

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a medieval woodcut-style rendition of two figures. One figure has long brown hair and a beard, wearing a green crown of leaves and a patterned cloth. The other figure wears a deep blue and golden robe with a hood, with soft facial features and a veil blending into a halo-like shape behind their head. The figures are surrounded by a simple colored arch with text above them reading "Ecce homo." Below the central image is a block of text in a Gothic script. The background is filled with deep blue and framed with a red border with decorative motifs at the top and bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1500
Medium
woodcut, hand-colored in rose, blue, lilac, vermilion, mustard yellow, white, brown, and silver on laid paper
Dimensions
2896 × 4066 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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