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Pilate Washing His Hands,
ca. 1509–11
Both Cranach and Dürer exploited the potential of the woodcut as a means of disseminating printed images in large quantities. Friendly rivals, they produced competing series of Passion woodcuts, bringing new life to the traditional imagery of Jesus’s torture and execution with inventive storytelling and anecdotal details. In this scene Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judea, washes his hands as the bound Christ is led away. Pilate is attempting to absolve his guilty conscience after freeing the criminal Barabbas while sending Christ to his death; his gesture distracts the guards, who look back with open curiosity.
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ca. 1509–11
Europe, Germany, Nuremburg
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