Jesus before Pilate – Nikolai Koshelev – First Station of the Cross – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Gold Frame As the monasteries were stripped

As the monasteries were stripped of their possessions and given to Henry

Mother Marie Gonzague (who you can see in some of our other photos) let the sisters be together

He was a Professor of Art at the Academy of Arts in Berlin

It was the giving of gifts-along with his Feast Day being in December-that allowed his story to transform into the red-suited Saint (Santa) Claus we now associate with Christmas

Jesus before Pilate – Nikolai Koshelev – First Station of the Cross – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Gold Frame As the monasteries were strippedJesus stands before Pilate. His Passion is just beginning. Pilate is deciding to have him tortured him for a while to perhaps avoid killing him. This is the moment of the beginning of his judgement by Pilate, more or less the 1st Station of the Cross, which is often shown after the torture with a bloody Christ and Pilate washing his hands. The Russian painter Nikolai Koshelev (1840 1918) had spent a couple of years in Rome (188081) where we assume he