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Pilate Washing His Hands

Pilate Washing His Hands, 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer, German, 1480-1538

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

Image: 2 3/4 × 1 7/8 inches (7 × 4.8 cm) Sheet: 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 inches (7.3 × 4.8 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S8.3

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Woodcut (process)

Woodcut (print)

Signed, on block, lower center of image: [artist's monogram]

Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]

1887, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany)

Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Winzinger, F. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik. Munich, 1963, no. 51.

Albrecht Altdorfer, Pilate Washing His Hands, 1513, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S8.3.