Keywords: Bernhard Strigel - Pilate Washing His Hands of Guilt for Christ's Death - Walters 37665.jpg These four panels Walters 37 665 37 666 37 672 and 37 673 depicting episodes from Christ's Passion were originally part of a polyptych or multi-paneled altarpiece commissioned by the Carthusian monastery in Buxheim Swabia and completed by 1500 Other panels are in Berlin and Augsburg In Walters 37 672 we see Christ's entry into Jerusalem with the Last Supper tucked into the upper right corner In The Arrest of Christ Walters 37 666 the emotional intensity of the scene is stressed through crowding and agitated angular gestures Strigel was fascinated by detail and shows accurately rendered 15th-century polearms such as the halberd and pike in the hands of the peasant mob around Christ In this piece we see Christ before the Roman governor Pilate and in the distance the next event Christ forced to carry his cross to the place of execution The white shapes suspended mysteriously along the tops of two panels are the ends of scrolls held by two prophets who were depicted on panels above these in the complete altarpiece between 1495 1500 Late Medieval oil wood framed cm 158 73 4 7 accession number 37 665 33407 Henry Walters Baltimore before 1909 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1909 place of origin Emilia-Romagna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Bernhard Strigel Male fur clothing in art Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Pilate washing his hands Guilt Squirrel clothing Paintings by Bernhard Strigel with fur |