LEYDEN, Lucas van
(b. 1494, Leiden, d. 1533, Leiden)

Ecce Homo

1510
Engraving, 287 x 452 mm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

In this famous engraving, Lucas van Leyden indicated that the event - Pontius Pilate showing Christ to the people - had taken place in a foreign land, many years in the past. He imagined how people might have dressed in those days, and gave the buildings in his imaginary Jerusalem an old-fashioned look.