The Passion: Christ Before Pilate
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Collection by exchange
Accession Number
1958.409
Tags
male
About this artwork
Martin Schongauer's series of the Passion of Christ was his largest set of engravings, made around 1480, and extensively copied across Europe. It consists of twelve prints detailing the suffering of Christ in the last days of his life. Schongauer's version focuses on crowded scenes, grotesque physiognomies of Christ's tormentors, and great pathos in the composition. Here, Christ is led before Pontius Pilate. The Roman governor washes his hands in water which a servant is pouring from a ewer into...