Ecce homo 1826

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This marble bust titled "Ecce homo" by Louis Royer, sculpted in 1826, depicts a sorrowful Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns. The sculpture is a classical rendition of the biblical scene where Jesus is presented to the crowd, emphasizing the suffering and pain of the figure through the crown and the delicate folds of the drapery. This piece showcases the realism and detail characteristic of Royer's neoclassical style. It is currently housed in the Rijksmuseum.

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After the Dutch sculptor Louis Royer won the Prix de Rome, he spent four years studying in Rome, then the leading centre for European sculpture. Among the works he created there was this figure of Christ, crowned with thorns, at the moment of his presentation to the people. Hence the title Ecce homo: ‘Behold the man’.