Engraving Ecce Homo after H. Goltzius (1st half 17th century)

In an online auction I bought this copper engraving together with two other engravings. It depicts the bible story of Pontius Pilate who showed Jesus to a crowd. This picture is one of a series of 12 made by Hendrick Goltzius in 1597 showing the Passion of Christ. I was struck by the quality of this engraving.


My example (nr 8 in the series)



The complete series



The original by Hendrick Goltzius was mirrored.



Next to the original I found several similar pictures, but the other pictures do not match my example exactly:

- Original by Hendrick Golzius 1597 (Princeton Museum)
- Copy by Abraham Hogenberg (Rijksmuseum)
- Copy by Ludovicus Siceram 1623 - mirrored (Museum of Art Philadelphia)


None of the examples above match my example exactly. Let's zoom in to the details:



I have selected the bottom part of all the different versions and mirrored the Goltzius and Hogenberg ones. I believe all these prints had different copper plates. My version is an unknown version as far as I can find, although it was was sold as a copy by Siceram.

I have even found some later copies:

Christoffel van Sichem (1647)



Nicolas Cochin (around 1650)

 

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