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Pilate washes his hands
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ninth print from a series of fourteen on the Passion, used in the Passional Buch. On the right, on a throne, sits Pontius Pilate washing his hands in a basin held by a servant. On the left, Christ stands with bound hands and a crown of thorns on his head, surrounded by soldiers. Pilate's wife holds a globe and speaks to her husband. On the left in the foreground, a dog. On the back wall of the throne, between ornaments, the electoral and ducal coat of arms of Saxony.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePilatus wast zijn handen. 1540. Lucas Cranach (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.