TINTORETTO
(b. 1518, Venezia, d. 1594, Venezia)

Christ before Pilate (detail)

1566-67
Oil on canvas
Sala dell'Albergo, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The small crowd is stunned, Pilate shuns responsibility, the Turkish dignitary tugs at the stole that marks his rank, and the scribe does not know what to write. In any case, what can he possibly record if Christ, wearing the white robe of madness, says not a single word?