There is a different kind of portrait of Christ in his Passion on display this week from the Sacred Art Pilgrim Collection that is often distinguishable from Man of Sorrows imagery only in its title: "Ecce Homo" or "Behold the Man." While Man of Sorrows portraits are more timeless images of the Suffering Christ that may include the wounds of his Crucifxion, this new face of Jesus depicts a specific moment in the events of Good Friday, when Pontius Pilate, the Roman Prefect of Judea, presents the flogged and mocked Christ to the jeering crowd at the place of judgment with the words used above from John 9:15, commonly quoted in Latin from the Vulgate Bible translation. American Master Lithographer Benton Spruance offers us a traditional variation on the "Behold the Man" motif in a powerfully expressionist style, where we see a bruised and battered Jesus with downcast eyes, naked to the waist. The crown of thorns pressed down on his head, the robe carelessly draped over his shoulder, and the broken reed scepter slipping from his bound hands are emblems of his shameful humiliation at the hands of the Roman guards. This new portrait print of Christ can be viewed on the Benton Spruance page in the Sacred Artists section. (John Kohan)