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It was therefore probably made as a single religious image rather than as part of an altarpiece. Christ sits with his hands bound together and his head crowned with thorn branches. The thorns themselves consisted of nails and a good number of them remain. The architect and designer A. W. N. Pugin originally owned the figure. When the V&A bought it, records state that the bench was gilded and that 'Christ wears a dark-bluish black robe with ochre'.  A later hand-written addition to the records (dated April 1933) states: 'Paint & gilding (modern) removed by Art Work Room'.","physicalDescription":"Christ sits on a bench with blind tracery, his hand bound together and his head crowned with thorn branches. The torns themselves consist of nails, a good number of which remain.Barefoot, he is dressed in a heavy robe and looks to his right.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Carved oak","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2006AL5974"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"27","id":"THES49835"},"free":"","case":"FS","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"TCRPS","id":"THES49504"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Statuette ecce homo","id":""}],[{"text":"Fragment","id":"AAT117130"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Lower Rhine","id":"x37793"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"lower, possibly"},{"place":{"text":"Netherlands","id":"x29020"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"north, possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1500-1520","earliest":"1495-01-01","latest":"1520-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"69","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"51","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"30","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"A.W.N. Pugin collection (Pugin sale, S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, London, 12 February 1853, lot 23, bought by George Hull, London, £3 5s), Royal Architectural Museum, Architectural Association, London, before 1877; bought from the Architectural Association in 1921.\n\nHistorical significance: Christ is shown at a point in his passion where, after the Flagellation and before the Crucifixion, he has been crowned with thorns and mocked by the Roman soldiers.","historicalContext":"The relatively large size of the present sculpture suggest that it was intended as a single devotional image than as part of a program of an altarpiece.","briefDescription":"Statuette ecce homo. Rhine, ca. 1500-1520.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Williamson, Paul. <font -u>Netherlandish Sculpture 1450-1550.</font> London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, cat. no. 5."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bottoms, Edward. The Royal Architectural Museum in the light of new documentary evidence. <font -u>Journal of the History of Collections.</font> vol. 19. no. 1, 2007. pp. 133, 139. note. 229."}],"production":"Probably North Netherlands or Lower Rhine","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Jesus Christ","id":"N1515"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"crown of thorns","id":"x35246"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"christianity","id":"AAT73711"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Christ Crowned with Thorns\r\nAbout 1500–20\r\nAs part of his persecution before his crucifixion, Christ\r\nwas crowned with thorns in a mocking reference to his\r\nclaim to be King of the Jews.\r\nThe relatively large size of the sculpture suggests that it\r\nwas intended as a single devotional image. The image\r\nof Christ with the crown of thorns provided a powerful\r\nexample of his endurance in the face of suffering,\r\nand such figures were often placed in side-aisles or in\r\nspecial chapels.\r\nNorth Netherlands or Germany, Lower Rhine\r\nOak\r\nMuseum no. A.35-1921","date":{"text":"26/11/2010","earliest":"2010-11-26","latest":"2010-11-26"}}],"partNumbers":["A.35-1921","A.35:1-1921"],"accessionNumberNum":"35","accessionNumberPrefix":"A","accessionYear":1921,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2015HR7466"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2002-12-05","availableToBook":false}}