{"product_id":"a-19thc-italian-life-size-painted-plaster-bust-of-jesus-christ","title":"A 19thC Italian Life-Size Painted Plaster Bust of Jesus Christ","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin: Italian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeriod: Late 19thC\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance: Unknown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate: c.1890\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight: 23”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth: 12”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDepth: 15” (all at extremities)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDating from the nineteenth century, the large and well cast and modelled wash painted plaster bust of Jesus Christ, or Ecce Homo, with Christ in black looking downward, the whole mounted on a gilt painted socle base and surviving from an Italian ecclesiastical setting.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough with obvious time-worn wear to the painted decoration, the piece has survived intact and overall it remains a hugely attractive piece in its entirety with a pleasing weight. There are two holes to the top shoulder.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis type of art had the immediacy and drama then that movies have today for modern audiences with the most humble of peasants being able to relate to what they saw, namely birth, suffering and death to their own life in their village. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEcce Homo, 'Behold the Man', shows Jesus stripped and brought before the people by the members of the Roman council, who are flanked by soldiers. The people mock and jeer Jesus, who wears a Crown of Thorns. His hands are bound with shackles, while the redness of the now raw flesh on his legs, hands and chest attests to the fact that he has been beaten with a scourge. As Jesus is shown here looking down it is probably when looking down at the Roman soldiers throwing dice for His seamless garment, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA bust of good size, weight and quality and undoubtable decorative punch.","brand":"Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52562612453656,"sku":"2326","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/5800\/5784\/files\/lifesizebustofjesus1.jpg?v=1787572659","url":"https:\/\/doeandhope.shop\/products\/a-19thc-italian-life-size-painted-plaster-bust-of-jesus-christ","provider":"doeandhope.shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}