Artist: Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Flemish, 1564-1637), draughtsman, engraver, and publisher.
Title: Pilate showing Christ to the people, 'Ostentatio Christi', 'Ecce Homo' (John 19:4-6).
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: "ECCE HOMO...MDCI" in the surrounding oval; "Crispin de Passe figurauit et excudit Coloniae." [The entire inscription is cut off and published here as the reference only].
Dimensions: 5" x 4 7/8".
Date: 1601.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on paper, the oval trimmed to the image.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The print was laid down, currently partially removed from support. Remnants of support verso. A minor close tear. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: D. Franken. L'œuvre gravé des van de Passe. Amsterdam-Paris, 1881. p. 19-20. "Jésus presente au peuple."
Part of: "Oval Passion" or just "Le Passion," 20 plates.
Museums and Libraries: The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-102.74.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the Rijksmuseum collection.