Christ before Pilate

c. 1500/1505

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Associated Names
Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

Artist, Italian, active c. 1490 - 1525 or after

The image shows a man in the center with his hands bound, surrounded by several other figures in armor and helmets holding weapons. One figure labeled "PILATUS" points towards the central figure while seated on a chair. The background has diagonal lines to imply depth, and the ground includes a pedestal with engravings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 29.1 x 31.4 cm (11 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.438

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.64, no. 6, State (as Zoan Andrea)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1960

  • Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1960, no cat.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.90.

Wikidata ID

Q64956969

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