Masters of the Life of Christ

Masters/Mihály Munkácsy/Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo, oil on canvas by Mihály Munkácsy, 1896

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The last painting of the trilogy. Pilate has brought Jesus out onto the balcony, and below them a sea of people fills the courtyard, fists raised. Munkácsy puts us in the crowd, looking up.

The three paintings were first hung together in 1995 at the Déri Museum, where they still are.

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Masters of the Life of Christ

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