Post-medieval art thumb|left|Nikolai Ge, What is truth?, 1890 After the Middle Ages, depictions of Pilate become less frequent, though depictions are still made of his encounter with Jesus, especially in prints. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Pilate was frequently dressed as an Turk of generalized Oriental, wearing a turban, long robes, and a long beard, given the same characteristics as the Jews. Notable paintings of this era include Tintoretto's Christ before Pilate (1566/67), in which Pilate is given the forehead of a philosopher, and Gerrit van Honthorst's 1617 Christ before Pilate, which was later recatalogued as Christ before the High Priest due to Pilate's Jewish appearance.
Post-medieval art thumb|left|Nikolai Ge, What is truth?, 1890 After the Middle Ages, depictions of Pilate become less frequent though depictions are still made of his encounter with Jesus especially in prints. In the sixteenth and seve,nteenth centuries, Pilate was frequently dressed as an Turk of generalized Oriental, wearing a turban, long robes, and a long beard, given the same characteristics as the Jews. Notable paintings of this era include Tintoretto's Christ before Pilate (1566/67), in which Pilate is given the forehead of a philosopher, and Gerrit van Honthorst's 1,617 Christ before Pilate, which was later recatalogued as Christ before the High Priest due to Pilate's Jewish appearance.