. Ecce Homo (‘Behold the Man’). Pontius Pilatus is said to have uttered these words when he mockingly presented Jesus to the Jewish people as their king, adorned with a crown of thorns and wearing a cloak. This scene of Christ’s suffering is aptly presented in this bronze. The Flemish sculptor Du Quesnoy, who worked in Rome, portrayed this forlorn moment of God’s son with restrained emotion.

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