The Flagellation
Sperandio
c. 1480
Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall: 12.25 x 13.4 cm (4 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.) gross weight: 484.2 gr (1.067 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.210
About the Artist
Sperandio
Christopher Sperandio, born in 1964 in Kingwood, West Virginia—a small town in the Appalachian coal-mining region—emerged as a pivotal figure bridging popular culture and fine art. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from West Virginia University in 1987, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991, where he became classmates with a...