Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Pilate washing his hands
BIJLERT, Jan van (1597/98-1671)
Pontius Pilate, Governor of Judea, is shown symbolically washing his hands of blame, his face racked with guilt. In the background Christ is being led to his crucifixion. The figure at the far left may be a self-portrait of the artist himself, Van Bijlert. He specialized in portraiture, genre and history scenes but perhaps surprisingly also painted religious subjects for the Catholic Church despite his Protestant beliefs.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 32
Creation/Production
BIJLERT, Jan van
Date:
Acquisition
Bequest, 1/12/1924
Cymynrodd T. H. Thomas, 1924
T. H. Thomas bequest, 1924
Measurements
Height (cm): 107.8
Width (cm): 82.7
Height (in): 42
Width (in): 32
Techniques
oil on panel
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
panel
Location
Gallery 03
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