Sheet No. 9 of the Engraved Passion.
Golgotha is shown in the background. This scene is psychologically ineffective, almost like a surgeon washing his hands before an operation. The attention is drawn primarily to the young man pouring water and clad in a most peculiar costume. It is he who is in the limelight. The Moorish features of this young man are akin to some examples in Dürer's Dresden Sketchbook.
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