ID: 700002232 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002232	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Head of Christ (painting (visual work); Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, about 1489 - 1534) ; about 1525 - 1530; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 94.PB.74)

Note: Ecce Homo - 'Here is the man' refers to the New Testament account of the presentation of the scourged Christ to the people of Jerusalem. After his arrest, Roman soldiers lead Christ to Pilate who then instructed them to take him to the prison. There the soldiers stripped him of his clothes, dressed him in a purple cloak, placed a crown of thorns on his head and mocked him as the King of the Jews. Pilate, after finding no lawful reason to kill Christ, presented him to the people of Jerusalem dressed in the cloak and crown saying, "Ecce homo." The Jews, seeing Christ dressed as he was, cried to Pilate, "Crucify him!" (John 19:6). Correggio's rendering of the Ecce Homo shows Christ bleeding, wearing his crown of thorns, with the suggestion of a cloak around his shoulder. Though the subject of the Ecce Homo became popular in the early fifteenth century and was already well established by the date of this painting (ca. 1530), Correggio's rendering is haunting as it engages the viewer through the sorrowful eyes and captures the sense of divine martyrdom in the luminosity of the Christ figure.

Titles:

Head of Christ (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Volto di Cristo (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1525 - 1530

Creator Display:

Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, about 1489 - 1534) [preferred,JPGM]

Correggio, Antonio da (Italian painter, ca. 1489-1534) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500006208]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 94.PB.74

Display Materials: Oil on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 28.6 x 23.5 cm (11 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Framed [outer dim]: 40.3 x 34.3 x 4.4 cm (15 7/8 x 13 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Ecce Homo [901000270]
	.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Christ Crowned with Thorns [901000271]
	.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint Veronica's Veil [901000529]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Jesus Christ [901000087]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	portraits [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	religion (belief system) [300073708]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <religions and religious concepts>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Secondary Inscription: "Corregio" Leonor de Matignon évesque de [Lisieux?] [Commandeur?] des ordres du Roy 1663.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Head of Christ	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Volto di Cristo	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)