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The Death of General Wolfe

Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)

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Pilate Washing His Hands, 1512

Albrecht Dürer
German, 1471 - 1528
engraving on laid paper
11.8 x 7.4 cm
Purchased 1949
National Gallery of Canada (no. 5607)

Pilate washes his hands, declaring himself innocent in the crowd’s demand for the execution of Christ. Dürer’s detailed rendering of the figures demonstrates true mastery of gesture and facial expression. The artist has further embellished the scene with a standing figure who continues to collude quietly with Pilate, as a servant with unusual posture and dress pours water into a bowl. At the lower right, Christ is led away to be flogged, while in the distance crosses stand as a grim foretelling of his fate.

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