Ecce Homo, NL-HlmNHA 1477 53009984

Christ sits in a dark architectural space, his head bowed in suffering as he holds the reed and birch rods used in his flagellation. Two kneeling angels flank him, lifting massive flaming torches that illuminate his body and the surrounding stone columns. The foreground contains additional instruments of the Passion, including a bucket and a whip, while Latin verses are inscribed in three ornate panels below.

The engraving reflects the inward-looking spiritualism of the late Dutch Renaissance, asking philosophical questions about the reciprocal relationship between the human soul and the divine. The inscriptions at the bottom echo the mystical theology of the Dutch 'Devotio Moderna' and Christian Neoplatonism, focusing on the individual's union with the suffering of God.