1509
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Pilate Washing His Hands is a 1509 ink by Lucas Cranach the Elder, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This woodcut shows a group of men in a crowded, ornate room. One man in the center, wearing a tall hat and rich clothes, stands near a raised platform. Others around him look tense, some holding scrolls or pointing. The background is packed with swirling patterns and tiny faces peeking from the edges. The scene feels charged, like something big is about to happen—or just did. The artist used sharp lines and busy details to tell a story without words. Next, check out how this was made as a woodcut.
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
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