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Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Ecce Homo, 1512
Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471
- 1528
engraving on laid paper
11.7 x 7.4 cm
Purchased 1949
National Gallery of Canada (no. 5606)
"Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man) are the words of Pilate as Christ appears in public bloodied and humbled. The powerfully built figure who calmly faces Christ has the bearing of a dispassionate executioner.
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