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Studies for a Scourging Soldier and the Head of Christ
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Studies for a Scourging Soldier and the Head of Christ

Medium

Pastel with red chalk on laid light brown paper (formerly blue)

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 1/16 x 9 9/16 in. (38.3 x 24.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1999

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)

1505–1592Republic of Venice

Son and student of Francesco Bassano I. He studied with Bonifazio de' Pitati in Venice, but returned to Bassano upon his father's death. Jacopo is best known for landscapes and genre scenes.