Ecce Homo - Andrea Solario Angels On his return to Milan

On his return to Milan

with a rich palette that conveys a sense of grandeur and festivity

but also attentive to the notes of color and reality

Beautiful depicts of a peasant woman holding freshly picked lemons

conveys the hardships he endures in his chosen path of spiritual asceticism

Ecce Homo - Andrea Solario Angels On his return to MilanThis is a stunning representation of Christ bound and crowned with thorns with the reed placed in his hand as a mock sceptre. The highly realistic depiction of the face shows a few tears and drops of blood falling from wounds on his forehead. Wounds inflicted by his tormentors can be seen on his naked shoulder and arm, while, with Christs downcast eyes, Solario seems to be representing a moment of resigned meditation on the Passion. From a stylistic