Ecce Homo (García Martínez and Giménez)
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The Ecce Homo (Latin: "Behold the Man") in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez depicting Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style are typical of traditional Catholic art.[1]
Ecce Homo | |
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Artist | Elías García Martínez, Cecilia Giménez (restoration) |
Type | Fresco |
Dimensions | 50 cm × 40 cm (20 in × 16 in) |
Location | Sanctuary of Mercy church, Borja, Zaragoza, Spain |
Owner | Diocese of Tarazona |
While press accounts agree that the original painting was artistically unremarkable,[2][3][4] its current fame derives from a good faith attempt to restore the fresco by Cecilia Giménez, an 81-year-old untrained amateur artist, in 2012.[5][6] The intervention transformed the painting and made it look similar to a monkey, and for this reason it is sometimes referred to as Ecce Mono (roughly Behold the Monkey, "mono" being Spanish for "monkey").