It Took 20 Years to Paint This

In 1871, the Italian government commissioned Antonio Ciseri to paint the moment Pontius Pilate presents Christ to the crowd. He would spend the last 20 years of his life working on it, completing it in 1891, the same year he died. But what makes this painting truly extraordinary is not the time it took. It is the radical decision Ciseri made with the point of view. Unlike every great master who painted this scene before him, Ciseri chose to hide the face of Christ. And the only face we can clearly see belongs to the one person on that balcony who tried to stop the condemnation. In this video we explore why this painting took two decades to complete, and the powerful meaning behind every decision Ciseri made. ► Shop "Ecce Homo" (1871-1891) at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/products/ecce-homo-antonio-ciseri-1850 ► Shop Art Prints & Canvas at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/shop-all ► Shop Fine Art Phone Cases at - https://www.inspiraggio.com/collections/iphone-cases → Join our FREE newsletter: https://www.inspiraggio.com/pages/newsletter → Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiraggio → Contact: [email protected] 0:00 Introduction 0:32 Ecce Homo 1:39 Analysis 3:40 Pilate's Wife 5:28 Why Did It Take 20 Years? SOURCES Uffizi Galleries — "The Easter Story" https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions/easter-2019 Albertus Magnus Institute — "On Ecce Homo by Antonio Ciseri" https://magnusinstitute.org/magnus-articles/on-ecce-homo-by-antonio-ciseri/ Wikipedia — Antonio Ciseri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Ciseri The Visual Commentary on Scripture — "Come and See" https://thevcs.org/come-and-see Come Meet Jesus — "Ecce Homo (Behold the Man), Antonio Ciseri" https://comemeetjesus.art/ecce-homo-behold-the-man-antonio-ciseri-1821-1891/ Restored Traditions — "Explanation of Pontius Pilate's Wife in Painting Ecce Homo" https://restoredtraditions.com/blogs/catholic-art/8437683-a-different-view-of-ecce-homo #arthistory #art Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.