# Christ before Pilate [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco, 300 x 290 cm ## Commentary Pontormo produced a cycle of frescoes of immense religious force for the cloister of the Certosa at Galuzzo, just outside of Florence. Due to their exposure to the elements, they have survived in poor condition whwich, oddly enough, enhances their mysterious appeal. In part relying upon German prints, including those of Albrecht Dürer, for some compositional suggestions, Pontormo operates within complex spatial and proportional systems. The central figure of Christ, shown in profile, is thin, frail and elongated. He is placed in opposition to the robust youth in the distance, higher on the vertical axis and in a much smaller scale. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve at Work]() - [Alessandro de' Medici in Profile]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Anatomical study]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Birth Tray \(back\)]() - [Birth Tray \(front\)]() - [Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici in Profile]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()