The flagellation, which takes place in the house of Pilate, the roman procurator, is canonical. The composition of this painting is determined by the contrast between the four henchmen in contemporary dress who with faces distorted by their grimaces beat Christ with a wide sweeping motion and the humiliated, suffering
The flagellation, which takes place in the house of Pilate, the roman procurator, is canonical. The composition of this painting is determined by the contrast between the four henchmen in contemporary dress who with faces distorted by their grimaces beat Christ with a wide sweeping motion and the humiliated, suffering figure of Christ bound to the column. His slightly bent body covered in bleeding wounds and his face expressing sufferance are turned towards the viewer in an almost frontal pose, which achieves a particular immediacy. The henchmen sitting in the foreground prepares the crown of thorns later worn by Christ.
[see Elke A. Werner, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 215, No. IV.16]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- 1537
Production date
1537 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 149 x 112.6 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 149 x 112.6 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia in the middle of the lower edge: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1537'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia in the middle of the lower edge: winged serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1537'
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI2270
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR371
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI2270/