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Dark etching of a bare-chested man on a raised platform before a seated official under a draped canopy, with a crowd in shadow below and a bust on a column at left.

Christ before Pilate: Large Plate

A dark etching shows a bare-chested man standing at the center of a raised platform, while a seated official in a fur-trimmed robe beside a draped canopy turns toward him. A crowd of onlookers fills the shadowed foreground, and a stone bust on a column rises at left.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1636
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3263 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1636; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: Cristo ante Pilato: lámina grande (Rembrandt, 1636)

Un grabado oscuro muestra a un hombre con el torso descubierto de pie en el centro de una plataforma elevada, mientras un funcionario sentado, con una túnica de piel, junto a un dosel drapeado se vuelve hacia él. Una multitud de espectadores llena el primer plano en sombra, y a la izquierda se alza un busto de piedra sobre una columna.

Português: Cristo diante de Pilatos: chapa grande (Rembrandt, 1636)

Uma gravura escura mostra um homem de torso nu em pé no centro de uma plataforma elevada, enquanto um funcionário sentado, com manto de pele, ao lado de um dossel drapeado, se volta para ele. Uma multidão de espectadores preenche o primeiro plano na sombra, e à esquerda se ergue um busto de pedra sobre uma coluna.

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