- Museum number
- 1846,0918.4
- Description
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Pilate washing his hands, after Holbein the Younger; Christ with hands bound and wearing the crown of thorns is led away by soldiers at left, an attendant pours water for Pontius Pilate, seated beneath a canopy at right, framed by ornate pillars
Offset from a pen and black ink drawing
- Production date
- 1572-1576 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 407 millimetres
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Width: 294 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For a discussion of the series of offsets to which this belongs, and the originals from which they are derived, see 1846,0918.1. There is a drawn copy (34.9 x 25.8 cm) of the original in Basel (inv. no. 1662.117) at Munich (Graphische Sammlung, inv. no. 6575), and another in the British Museum, see 1923,0113.27.
Literature from J.Rowlands, 'Drawings by German Artists in the Department of Prints and Drawings, British Museum' 1993, no.312: 'Sandrart, Teutsche Academie, pp. 102, 333; Lawrence Inventory, no. 32, case 6, drawer 4, or case 7, drawer 3; Waagen, Treasures, i, p. 236; BM Guide, 1860, p. 10, no. 71; BM Guide, 1862 (1867), p. 5, no. 4; Woltmann, i, pp. 172-3, ii, pp. 56, 133, no. 180; LB, ii, p. 327, no. 4; Basel, Holbein, p. 261, under no. 291'
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1860 BM London, Guide Drawing&Prints, King’s Library, no. 71
1862(67), BM London, Guide Drawing&Prints, King’s Library, no. 04
- Acquisition date
- 1846
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1846,0918.4
