The Flagellation of Christ, from "The Passion of Christ"
mid 17th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (14.6 x 9.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.169(7)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold *The Flagellation of Christ a poignant etching from the mid-17th century seriesThe Passion of Christ*, through the collaborative talents of Dutch master engraver Hendrick Goltzius and French artists Nicolas Cochin and Jean Leblond. Measuring a compact 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches, this intimate print captures the biblical scene of Christ's scourging a pivotal moment in the Passion narrative emphasizing suffering and redemption. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it reflects the era's Baroque devotion to dramatic religious imagery amid the Counter-Reformat...
About the Artist
Hendrick Goltzius|Nicolas Cochin|Jean I Leblond · 1558–1617
Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617) was the most celebrated engraver of the Northern Renaissance and a pivotal figure in Dutch Mannerism. Born near the German-Dutch border, Goltzius transformed printmaking into a virtuoso art form through his revolutionary 'swelling line' technique, where the burin was manipulated to create lines of varying thickness that produced unprecedented tonal effects and three-d...