# Head of Christ (Ecce Homo)

- By: Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444–died 1475/76 Bruges)
- Date: ca. 1445
- Medium: Oil on parchment, laid down on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: Overall 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (14.9 x 10.8 cm); parchment 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm)
- Culture: Netherlandish
- Credit line: Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435897)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DT229079.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)