Drama and Devotion: Heemskerck's Ecce Homo Altarpiece From Warsaw September 8, 2012

One of the most admired Netherlandish painters of the sixteenth century, Maerten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) worked in an expressive style influenced by his exposure to the work of contemporary Italian painters, particularly Michelangelo. His dramatic Ecce Homo (1544) altarpiece from the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, on view to the public for the first time following conservation and study at the Getty Museum, offers a rare opportunity to experience a complete triptych by this Renaissance master.