Diptych with the Passion of Christ (left wing):Flagellation and Christ Before Pilate
Unknown Artist
c. 1400
Medium
tempera and gold on wood oak
Dimensions
unframed: 45.7 × 27 cm · including original molding: 52.4 × 34.3 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accession Number
1945.115.a
About this artwork
This diptych, or two-panel painting, is hinged at the center so that it could be opened and closed and easily transported. It was clearly designed as an object for private devotion. The owner would have been able to contemplate the Passion of Christ and pray before these scenes. The top two images depict Christ’s scourging at the pillar and the crowning of thorns, while the lower two show Jesus before Pontius Pilate and in the Garden of Gethsemane. The scenes would have been read clockwise begin...