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Object Type
Museum number: T,4.49
Description: Pilate washing his hands, after after Honthorst, one of a series of 277 drawings commissioned by Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725-1793); seated to front with an attendant pouring water on his hands, at right the head of a man peering beneath a curtain, in the background at left Christ carrying the cross Black chalk
Producer name: Drawn by: Nicolaus Mosman; After: Matthias Stom; Formerly attributed to: Gerard van Honthorst
School/style: German; Dutch
Production date: 1744-1787
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 452 millimetres; Width: 569 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: This print is based on a painting currently attributed to Matthias Stom, in the collection of the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The painting is mentioned in Benedict Nicolson, 'Stomer brought up-to-date', The Burlington magazine, 119, 1977, 230-245. (nr. 122). See inventory (2.4.21) See Curator's Commentary in T,3.1 for details of printed title and inscription relating to the drawings.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: judgement of christ; attendant
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Pontius Pilate
Associated places: Associated with: Rome
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1789
Acquisition notes: Presented by the Earl of Exeter 2nd January 1789.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: T,4.49

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