Antonello da Messina
Ecce Homo

Circa 1445
Oil on parchment on oak, approximately 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

According to the museum's label, the tripartite floriated nimbus is characteristic of the "Holy Face" type popular at the time. Compare the face on images of Veronica's cloth.

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Photographed at the Metropolitan by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.