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The Passion: The Flagellation

Martin Schongauer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white image of four men in a room with arched windows. The central figure is a shirtless man with long hair and a beard. He is barefoot, with a cloth around his waist. The shirtless man has his arms raised and is being hit with a whip by a man on the left side of the image. The man on the left wears shorts and a head covering and holds the whip in his right hand. On the right side of the image, another man holds a cord or rope in both hands. The man on the right side wears a short tunic and is barefoot. There is a column in the center background. The floor appears stone and there are discarded clothes on the ground. The image is bordered by a thin line. The image depicts flagellation.

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649 × 893 px
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