http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/988991/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTapestry: Christ Before Pilate and Herod, from the series THE PASSION OF CHRISTlate 15th centuryTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and some silk wefts)The 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.Textiles417.2000000000 Centimeter901.7000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/66794/rdf