Pilate Washing His Hands

Technique

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81 1/8 x 72 3/4 in. (206.1 x 184.8 cm)

Pilate Washing His Hands is a painting by Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese) (Italian, Taverna 1613–1699 Valletta), 1663. Oil on canvas; 81 1/8 x 72 3/4 in. (206.1 x 184.8 cm). It is part of the European Paintings collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Purchase, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan and Bequest of Helena W. Charlton, by exchange, Gwynne Andrews, Marquand, Rogers, Victor Wilbour Memorial, and The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Funds, and funds given or bequeathed by friends of the Museum, 1978.