Title

What is Truth?', 1890, (1965).

Caption

'What is Truth?', 1890, (1965). Biblical scene: Jesus Christ is questioned by Pontius Pilate, prefect of the Roman province of Judaea. Painting, also known as 'Quid Est Veritas?', in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

Date

1965

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F10_319

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,4Mb (2,3Mb) / 13,0in x 18,1in / 3894 x 5419 (300dpi)

Keywords

oil Italy people male man men religious painting country Rome religion law guy clothes color Christianity dress Roman truth location century trial judge Russia Russian questioning question gesturing rebellion rebel prisoner Bible concept full length hand gesture interrogation toga interrogating Sixties Colour Realism New Testament 19th century 1960s 20th century nineteenth century The Print Collector artistic movement political prisoner Pontius Pilate Jesus Christ oil Christ Jesus Jesus Pilate Pontius Vladimir Fiala Fiala Vladimir Artia Nikolay Ge Ge Nikolay Nikolai Nikolayevich Ghe Ghe Nikolai Nikolayevich Ge Nikolai Nikolaevich Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge Ge Nikolay Nikolayevich Nikolay Nikolayevich Ge Gay Nikolay Nikolay Gay