Ecce Homo

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, c. 1605–1609

Oil on canvas, 111 × 86 cm

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

Room V · Flight and Naples (1606–1607)

Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, c. 1605–1609 — Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Pilate presents Christ, crowned with thorns, to the crowd, as a soldier lays the cloak on his shoulders. Put up for auction in Madrid in 2021 as the work of Ribera's circle, it was withdrawn when experts recognised Caravaggio's hand; it is now shown at the Prado.