Pilate Washing his Hands

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Artist: Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, Brussels ca. 1492–1541/42 Brussels)
Date: early 1530s
Medium: Black chalk, squared in red chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 36 1/4 x 24 3/16 in. (92 x 61.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Louis V. Bell Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2002
Accession no.: 2002.430

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.