Recent Aquisition 2007
Ecce Homo
Southern Netherlands, circa 1525
With the assistance of the Mondriaan Foundation, the Bonnefantenmuseum was recently able to acquire a unique statue from the Southern Netherlands from around 1525. The statue represents a life-size figure of Christ at the moment he was shown to the people by Pilate after his flogging; Ecce Homo. Such a representation, especially as a woodcarving, is exceptional in West-European art and therefore a valuable addition to the museum’s extensive collection of woodcarvings from the same period. Furthermore, the statue has retained a large part of its original painting, and thus forms a welcome exception to many other statues whose polychrome has usually been removed. At the moment, the museum is carrying out technical and art-historical research on the new Ecce Homo, and the results of this will be made public next year.
Aquisitions 2006
Pieter Brueghel the Younger
Winterlandschap met vogelval, 1631
oil on wood
Gift by Vereniging Rembrandt
Winterlandschap met vogelval, 1631
oil on wood
Gift by Vereniging Rembrandt
