The Flagellation
c. 1629
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on blue laid paper (faded to light brown), squared for transfer in red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 26 × 20.2 cm (10 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection
Accession Number
2018.26.15
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Daniele Crespi · 1597–1630
**Daniele Crespi** (1598–19 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman active primarily in Milan and regarded as one of the most original artists working there in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated forms of Lombard Mannerism toward an early Baroque style marked by clarity of form, direct emotional appeal, and simplified compositions. A prolific painter of religious history subjec...