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The Passion: The Flagellation
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The Passion: The Flagellation

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491), artist · c. 1480 · engraving

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Martin Schongauer's series of the Passion of Christ was his largest set of engravings, made around 1480, and extensively copied across Europe. It consists of twelve prints detailing the suffering of Christ in the last days of his life. Schongauer's version focuses on crowded scenes, grotesque physiognomies of Christ's tormentors, and great pathos in the compositions. Here, Jesus is bound to the column by one persecutor while three others are about to flagellate him with a set of different scourges. A fourth, to the left, prepares the crown of thorns.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineThe Passion: The Flagellation, c. 1480. Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491). Engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1923.276
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