Before the great canvas, Munkácsy painted studies of Christ’s head. In this one Jesus is seen in profile, lit from the front, His white robe painted in a few quick strokes.
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Other masters in room 61, I Find in Him No Fault:
Carl Bloch
Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1882
Etching, 33.3 × 24.4 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKS756)
Frans Schwartz
Altarpiece of the Church of Our Lady, Aalborg, 1908
Paintings in a carved altar designed by H.B. Storck
Church of Our Lady (Vor Frue Kirke), Aalborg
Mihály Munkácsy
Christ Before Pilate, 1881
Oil on canvas
Déri Museum, Debrecen (owned by the Hungarian state)
Mihály Munkácsy
Ecce Homo, 1896
Oil on canvas
Déri Museum, Debrecen (Hungarian state)
Antonio Ciseri
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man), 1871–1891
Oil on canvas
Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
