The Flagellation

probably c. 1509/1510

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

This is a print showing a scene with a group of people gathered around a column in an architectural setting. The column is to the right of center, and a man is tied to it, facing the left, his arms wrapped around the column and bound together with rope. The man is nude except for a small cloth tied around his waist, and he has a beard and long, curling hair. Two men stand on either side of him, holding up long objects and raising them above the tied man. More people stand on the left, looking on. These onlookers wear tall turbans and long, flowing robes. Another long object similar to the others is on the ground near the bottom left corner. The background shows tall walls and curved ceilings, with an arch on the left showing the edge of a building and trees under a blank sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 12.7 × 9.7 cm (5 × 3 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3649

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 142

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph Daniel Böhm [1794-1865], Vienna (Lugt 271); Robert Scholtz [1834-1912], Budapest (Lugt 2241); (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1940; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1956

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1956-1957, no cat.

Bibliography

1932

  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog; ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna: Verlag Gilhofer und Ranschburg, 1932. Reprint. New York: Da Capo Press, 1971.

2001

  • Schoch, Rainer, Mattihas Mende, and Anna Scherbaum. Albrecht Dürer: Das druckgraphische Werk. Munich, 2001: vol. 2: no. 203.

Inscriptions

in block, bottom center, on ground: AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower center, in graphite by a later hand: 627; verso, bottom left, in graphite by a later hand: 33; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: 18

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q18338597

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