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The Fall and Redemption of Man: Pilate Washing His Hands

c. 1515

Albrecht Altdorfer

(German, c. 1480–1538)
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Culture
Germany
Medium
woodcut
Credit Line
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1932.330.26
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein 40-26 ; Bartsch VIII.74.26
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Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented woodcut in dense black-inked fine lines depicts Pilate, an older man with a light skin tone, seated beneath a large, fringed canopy. He wears a fur-trimmed robe and pointed hat while washing his hands in water poured by an attendant. To the left, soldiers with light skin tones hold spears and halberds. Behind them stands a brick wall. Dense hatching and cross-hatching create strong contrast throughout the composition.

The Fall and Redemption of Man: Pilate Washing His Hands

c. 1515

Albrecht Altdorfer

(German, c. 1480–1538)
Germany

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