The Flagellation of Christ

Artist Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480 - 1538)

Titles

Block 23 from the Fall and Redemption of Man

Datec. 1513

MediumWoodcut

DimensionsImage/Sheet: 2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in. (7.2 × 4.8 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection

CultureGerman

InscribedAA monogram on pillar at right

PortfolioThe Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ (Sündenfall und Erlösung des Menschengeschlechtes)

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein, 106, w.23.II. Bartsch VIII.74.23 (Illustrated Bartsch: XIV.23 (74)).

Object numberPC2014.14.135

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionMan (Christ) lashed to pillar at right at waist, naked except for small loin cloth, head drooping; two figures on left; one with arm upraised holding a whip, other bearded figure at far left turned away from viewer holding a bundle of branches lashed together in his right hand; scene takes place in sparse interior, lintel post runs across top margin of print

InterpretationsMatted in very large mat (for size of print), floated in mat window b/c trimmed to plate

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