Pilate showing Christ to people, 'Ostentatio Christi'. Massys, Quentin (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1465/66-1530) (author of design, attr.) [draughtsman] c. 1520-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'5" x W 3'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 17-18/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: A. Tollin coll.; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5/21/1897, lot 209. Lord Grimthorpe coll.; sold, Christie's London, 5/10/1906, lot. 131. Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1906; museum bequest, 1906. United States, New York, New York, The Me
Pilate showing Christ to people, 'Ostentatio Christi'. Massys, Quentin (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, 1465/66-1530) (author of design, attr.) [draughtsman] c. 1520-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 4'5" x W 3'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 17-18/in.; 7-8/cm); silk; metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: A. Tollin coll.; sold, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 5/21/1897, lot 209. Lord Grimthorpe coll.; sold, Christie's London, 5/10/1906, lot. 131. Jacques Seligmann & Co., 1906; museum bequest, 1906. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on stone parapet at left: ECCE HOMO On balcony, Christ, shown partially nude wearing cloak & crown of thorns, stands next to Pilate with beard, wearing turban (John 19:4-6) (R); Christ's tormentor (L); architectural pilaster as backdrop; inscription on stone parapet (BRD) garlands of foliage, flowers, fruit & bunches of grapes, tied with ribbons Possibly woven in Brussels (Campbell). Tapestry is framed. This scene of the "Ostentatio Christi" is different from the "Ecce Homo" in which Christ is shown alone. (Dimitrova). Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I:83-86, Candee, Tapestry book (1935), 54
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