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Pontius Pilate

Header: Pontius Pilate
Also known as: Pontius Pilate; primary name: Pontius Pilate; other name: Pilate
Details: individual; biblical figure; politician/statesman; Male
Other dates: 26-36 (fl.)
Biography: Fifth governor or 'Prefect' of Roman Judaea and New Testament figure. Christ's active life and death occurred under his government. Succeeded Valerius Gratus in 26AD and was succeeded by Marcellus in 36AD.

508 related objects

altar-piece

Museum number: WB.234 |
Production date: 1550-1600 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.2.22 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.2.20 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.2.16 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1508-1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.15 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1508-1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.18 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.1.20 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1509

book; print

Title: Small Passion |
Museum number: 1896,0125.2.18 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Print made by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1508-1509

casket

Museum number: 1856,0623.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 420-430 |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.538 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.539 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1874,0602.14 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.521 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.505 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.529 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.532 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 31-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.527 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.493 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1871,0802.9 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 31-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.501 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.495 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.494 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.537 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 31-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.491 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.534 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 31-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1867,1209.9 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.533 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 31-32 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.526 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.530 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.492 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: HPB,p162.1.A |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.504 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1871,0802.8 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.525 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.500 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.503 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.502 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.522 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 30-31 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.509 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

coin

Museum number: 1908,0110.508 |
Authority: Ruler:TiberiusGovernor:Pontius Pilate |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 29-30 |
Production place: Minted in:Jerusalem

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.59 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:France

drawing

Museum number: T,4.47 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Gerard van Honthorst |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1846,0918.3 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1572-1576

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,0723.16 |
Producer name: BIOG50005 Drawn by:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1546-1603

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.62 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:RembrandtFormerly attributed to:Arent de Gelder |
Production date: 1665

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1846,0918.6 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1572-1576

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0114.21 |
Producer name: BIOG50795 Drawn by:Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner |
Production date: 1863

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.94 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen |
Production date: 1529

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1929,0713.217 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1795-1797

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0712.48 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAfter:Jan de Beer |
Production date: 16thC(early)

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1846,0918.4 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 After:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1572-1576

drawing; album

Museum number: 1950,1111.44 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: T,4.49 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Matthias Stom |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.7 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Nicolaas HogenbergFormerly attributed to:Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden |
Production date: 1527-1539

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1906,0723.12 |
Producer name: BIOG50005 Drawn by:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1546-1603

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0612.2148 |
Producer name: BIOG18560 Drawn by:James Barry |
Production date: 1773

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.80 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing; book

Museum number: 1854,0628.31 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1430-1440

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.608 |
Producer name: BIOG48507 Drawn by:Pellegrino Tibaldi |
Production date: 1542-1596

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.500 |
Producer name: BIOG38368 Drawn by:Michelangelo |
Production date: 1516

drawing

Museum number: T,13.44 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: T,3.77 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Jacopo Bassano |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1855,0811.31 |
Producer name: BIOG19119 Drawn by:Jacopo Bellini |
Production date: 1440-1470

drawing

Museum number: 1923,0113.27 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 Circle/School of:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 16thC(mid)

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.208-210 |
Producer name: BIOG38110 After:Hans Memling |
Production date: 1520-1540

medal

Title: Jesus before Pilate |
Museum number: 1986,0310.399 |
Producer name: Designed by:Raymond JolyModelled by:Raymond Joly |
Production date: 1972 |
Production place: Made in:France

medallion

Museum number: 1925,1006.4 |
Producer name: BIOG19103 Attributed to:Valerio Belli |
Production date: 16thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

painting

Museum number: Af2005,05.34 |
Production date: 1940s(late) |
Production place: Painted in:Addis Ababa |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Ethiopia

painting

Museum number: Af1893,1112.1 |
Production date: 1855-1893 |
Production place: Made in:Ethiopia |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Church of the Saviour of the World

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.46 |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Production place: Made in:BelgiumMade in:France

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.45 |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Production place: Made in:BelgiumMade in:France

plaque

Museum number: 1913,1220.167 |
Production date: 1550 |
Production place: Made in:France

plaque

Museum number: 1855,1201.36

prayer-book; print; drawing

Museum number: 1890,1013.54.1-35 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1450-1460

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1997,0427.7 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1490

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1116.383 |
Producer name: BIOG26830 Print made by:William Faithorne |
Production date: 1685-1691

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:RembrandtPrint made by:Jan van Vliet |
Production date: 1635-1636

print

Title: The Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1859,0709.3059 |
Producer name: BIOG51030 Print made by:Hieronymus Wierix |
Production date: 1619

print

Museum number: F,1.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonius WierixAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Museum number: F,4.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:RembrandtPrint made by:Jan van Vliet |
Production date: 1635-1636

print

Title: Passio, mors et resurrectio dn. Nostri Iesu Christi |
Museum number: Nn,7.4.38 |
Producer name: After:Jan van der StraetPrint made by:Adriaen Collaert |
Production date: 1584-1587

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.3097 |
Producer name: BIOG51030 Print made by:Hieronymus Wierix |
Production date: 1619

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,0513.57 |
Producer name: BIOG23953 Print made by:Lucas Cranach the Elder |
Production date: 1509

print

Museum number: 1931,1107.25 |
Producer name: After:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1510-1550

print

Museum number: 1845,0809.421 |
Producer name: BIOG141385 Print made by:Monogrammist AG |
Production date: 1450-1500

print

Museum number: R,2.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacobus NeeffsAfter:Jacques Jordaens |
Production date: 1630-1645 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.77 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: E,3.55 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 After:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1509-1550

print

Museum number: 1869,0612.358 |
Producer name: BIOG35740 After:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1700-1750

print

Museum number: F,4.169 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655

print

Museum number: 1923,0717.1 |
Producer name: BIOG37613 Print made by:Master of the Gardens of Love |
Production date: 1430-1445

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,0104.4 |
Producer name: After:Albrecht DürerPrint made by:Jan Baptist Goossens |
Production date: 1611 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print

Museum number: E,1.277 |
Producer name: After:Albrecht DürerPrint made by:Monogrammist AV |
Production date: 1592

print; ornament print

Title: Passio Verbigenae Quae Nostra Redemptio Christi |
Museum number: 1861,0608.7 |
Producer name: After:Marcus Gheeraerts IPublished by:Jan Sadeler I |
Production date: 1575-1600

print

Title: Passion of Christ |
Museum number: U,7.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claudine Bouzonnet StellaAfter:Jacques Stella |
Production date: 1690-1697 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Ecce Homo Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de |
Museum number: 1850,0810.436 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BasanAfter:Michelangelo da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1754

print; prayer-book

Museum number: 1897,0103.9 |
Producer name: BIOG37990 Print made by:Israhel van Meckenem |
Production date: 1475-1485

print

Museum number: 1935,0808.13 |
Producer name: BIOG63265 Print made by:Jean Valdor the Elder |
Production date: 1595-1632

print

Title: The Passion of Christ |
Museum number: 1859,0709.3047 |
Producer name: BIOG51030 Print made by:Hieronymus Wierix |
Production date: 1619

print

Museum number: 1848,0911.38 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1655