Keywords: Pedro Orrente - "Ecce Homo" - Walters 37575.jpg Christ stands at the top of the stairs and is mocked by a Roman soldier while the Roman governor Pontius Pilate gestures to the crowd declaring Look I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no case against him John 19 4 The Spanish painter Orrente's use of dark silhouettes for figures and architecture set into a narrow plane next to the surface of the painting heightens the emotional intensity of the event and reflects the influence of works by 16th-century Venetian painters such as the Bassano family Tintoretto and Veronese The architecture also recalls that of Venice Orrente's trip to Venice must have taken place shortly before 1611 by which time the painter was back in Spain ca 1610 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 91 5 128 6 accession number 37 575 7270 Henry Walters Baltimore 1909 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 place of origin Murcia Spain Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Pedro de Orrente Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |