/internal/media/dispatcher/988991/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTapestry: Christ Before Pilate and Herod, from the series THE PASSION OF CHRISTlate 15th century417.2 x 901.7 cm (164.25 x 355 in.)Tapestry weave (wool warp; wool and some silk wefts)Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, in memory of his son, Walter Cabot Paine29.10460The tapestry shows six scenes from the Passion of Christ. The iconography is based on accounts in the Gospels, with variations and additions taken from mystery plays. The scenes are: Christ before Pilate, Christ before Herod, Christ returns to Pilate, the Flagellation,and Christ crowned with thorns. Predominant colors: reds, blues, greens, purples (faded), yellows, cream, brown and black. Most of the blacks have rotted away and been replaced with dark browns. Some restorations, chiefly along bottom edge which was torn.Textiles417.2000000000901.70000000006679401