DUCCIO di Buoninsegna
(b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1319, Siena)

Pilate Washing his Hands

1308-11
Tempera on wood, 51 x 53,5 cm
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

An entire compartment is devoted to Pilate's action, although the story is told briefly and only by Matthew. Again, to lend vitality to each single movement, different planes of perspective are superimposed in the scene, both in the figure of Pilate, and in the large group crowding in front of the left pillar. The base of this should be parallel to that of the column next to it, but it is much further back.