“Pontius Pilate was the fifth prefect of the Roman province of Judaea from AD 26–36. He served under Emperor Tiberius, and is best known today for the trial and crucifixion of the biblical character Jesus.…
The Gospel of John gives more detail about that dialogue taking place between Jesus and Pilate… According to Jesus, as we find it written in John 18:37, Jesus thus describes his mission: "I came into the world...to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of... truth listen to my voice", to which Pilate famously replied, "What is truth?" ("Quid est veritas?") (John 18:38)”
The Gospel of John gives more detail about that dialogue taking place between Jesus and Pilate… According to Jesus, as we find it written in John 18:37, Jesus thus describes his mission: "I came into the world...to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of... truth listen to my voice", to which Pilate famously replied, "What is truth?" ("Quid est veritas?") (John 18:38)”
Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge (1831 –1894) was а Russian realist painter and symbolist famous for his works on historical and religious motifs…His late paintings on New Testament subjects… were praised by liberal critics, criticized by conservatives and forbidden by the authorities for blasphemy. Quod Est Veritas? Christ and Pilate was expelled from the exhibition. Ge died on his farm in 1894.
The fate of many of his works remains a mystery. At the end of his life Ge bequeathed all of his works to his Swiss benefactress Beatrice de Vattville in exchange for a small rent during his lifetime. She died in 1952 but none of Ge's work were found in her castle. Ge's drawings were found by art collectors in Swiss secondhand stores as late as 1974. Many "were acquired by a young collector, Christoph Bolman... he had no idea of their origin, simply recognizing their value. Only some 15 years later, when he was visited during perestroika by Soviet acquaintances, did the attribution become clear. Negotiations for their acquisition and return to Russia – as a full collection, rather than sold off in parts – failed repeatedly during the 1990s. They were only concluded in 2011 after the Tretyakov Gallery was able to arrange sponsorship from a Russian state bank to purchase them for donation to the gallery's permanent collection." ~ Wikipedia
Images ~ (Quod Est Veritas?) What is Truth? Christ and Pilate, 1890
~ Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge
The fate of many of his works remains a mystery. At the end of his life Ge bequeathed all of his works to his Swiss benefactress Beatrice de Vattville in exchange for a small rent during his lifetime. She died in 1952 but none of Ge's work were found in her castle. Ge's drawings were found by art collectors in Swiss secondhand stores as late as 1974. Many "were acquired by a young collector, Christoph Bolman... he had no idea of their origin, simply recognizing their value. Only some 15 years later, when he was visited during perestroika by Soviet acquaintances, did the attribution become clear. Negotiations for their acquisition and return to Russia – as a full collection, rather than sold off in parts – failed repeatedly during the 1990s. They were only concluded in 2011 after the Tretyakov Gallery was able to arrange sponsorship from a Russian state bank to purchase them for donation to the gallery's permanent collection." ~ Wikipedia
Images ~ (Quod Est Veritas?) What is Truth? Christ and Pilate, 1890
~ Nikolai Nikolaevich Ge
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