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DÜRER, Albrecht: Pilate Washing his Hands (No. 9)

🖼 Pilate Washing his Hands (No. 9), 1512
Engraving
117 × 75 cm
New York, United States

Intricate linework and precise perspective create a crowded courtyard scene where Pilate performs ritual ablution amid jeering crowds. Dürer's 1512 engraving transforms biblical narrative into psychological drama, exploring conscience and complicity through masterful German Renaissance technique.

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