The Passion: The Flagellation

Hieronymus Wierix

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white engraving depicting a shirtless man with a cloth wrapped around his waist and a halo around his head being surrounded by five men. The central figure has long hair and a beard. He is barefoot and his hands are bound behind his back. The men around him are dressed in 16th-century clothing, including tunics, collared shirts, and pants. Three men on the right side of the image are holding objects used for beating: one man holds up a torch, another man holds up a bundle of sticks, and a third man holds up a whip. The background appears to be a room with vertical wooden slats. There is a caption at the bottom of the image in a foreign language, likely Latin. The image has a border around it.