Rembrandt van Rijn1635

Christ Before Pilate

Christ stands bound before the governor Pilate, who marvels that he answers not a word to the charges brought against him (Matthew 27). An etching by Rembrandt van Rijn (1635).

Christ Before Pilate by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Matthew 27:11
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.