The Flagellation

c. 1629

Daniele Crespi

Associated Names
Daniele Crespi

Artist, Italian, 1597/1600 - 1630

This is a drawing of a group of classical figures set in an architectural setting. The composition shows a series of muscular figures, partly unclothed, dynamically posed in a scene suggesting action or narrative related to a classical or mythological story. The setting is a grand architectural interior with large arches and detailed wall designs, punctuated by columns and pilasters. The use of light and shadow is rendered with delicate hatch marks, adding three-dimensional depth to the figures and structure. The drawing employs a monochromatic palette with sepia tones, typical of Renaissance preparatory sketches or studies with notable attention to anatomy and form, echoing the style of artists like Michelangelo or Raphael.

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Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26 × 20.2 cm (10 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.26.15


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Giuseppe Vallardi [1784-1763], Milan (Lugt 1223). Dr. Simon Meller [1875-1949], Budapest. (Mathias Komor, New York, [1906 - 1984], [Lugt 1882a], as Bernardino Campi); Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf, New York, 1965 (as Bernardino Campi); gift to NGA in 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

2024

  • Bober, Jonathan. "Seventeenth-century Milanese drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and some associated collections."Arte Lombarda 200-201, no. 1-2 (2024): 84, fig. 20.

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper right center verso in red chalk: K 23; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Seb del Piombo

Wikidata ID

Q64540772

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