What is Truth. Christ and Pilate 1890
nikolaige
thestatetretyakovgallery
painting, oil-paint
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portrait
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narrative-art
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painting
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oil-paint
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romanticism
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christianity
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history-painting
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academic-art
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realism
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christ
"What is Truth. Christ and Pilate" (1890) by Nikolai Ge depicts the famous scene from the Gospel of John where Pontius Pilate asks Jesus "What is truth?". The painting, housed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, shows Jesus standing before Pilate, who gestures towards a wall with a faint image of a face, while Jesus seems to look past him. The dramatic use of light and shadow emphasizes the spiritual struggle between the two figures, representing the clash between earthly power and divine truth.
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