Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-1669
Christ Before Pilate: Large Plate
INV-4900
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1606-16691635
Christ Before Pilate: Large Plate
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669 →etchingprint
Date
1635
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Image: 54.3 × 44.9 cm (21 7/16 × 17 11/16 in.); Plate: 55.2 × 44.9 cm (21 3/4 × 17 11/16 in.); Sheet: 55.6 × 45.5 cm (21 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
This print exemplifies popular depictions of the Passion of Christ, which often united multiple parts of the New Testament story into one overwhelming scene, from the first half of the 17th century. Here Rembrandt van Rijn combined the Presentation of Christ to the people by Pontius Pilate and the Mocking of Christ by the people of Jerusalem into one large and deeply moving etching. Although surrounded by the Pharisees and a motley crowd of mocking onlookers, Christ appears disengaged as he looks to the heavens, his hands clasped in prayer.
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