The Flagellation

1512

Albrecht Dürer

Associated Names
Albrecht Dürer

Artist, German, 1471 - 1528

The image depicts three men. The central man is mostly naked except for a cloth tied around his waist, and is positioned with his back slightly towards the viewer while being tied to a large column. He has a bearded face with long, wavy hair. On either side of him are men dressed in tunics, each holding a bunch of rods with which they are poised to strike the central figure. The man on the left has short, curly hair, and the man on the right has a bushy beard and hair, with his body leaning forward. The background shows other figures partially visible behind the main scene, with stone pillars and an archway creating an architectural setting. The detailed engraving highlights strong shadows and intricate clothing folds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 11.7 × 7.4 cm (4 5/8 × 2 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3505

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Meder, no. 8

  • Series Title

    The Engraved Passion

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brentano-Birckenstock Collection, Vienna and Frankfurt (Lugt 345); Arthur Friederich Theodor Bohnenberger [1826-1893], Stuttgart (Lugt 68); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b and Lugt 1932d), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1929

  • Engravings by Albrecht Durer from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald of Philadelphia, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1929, no. 2.

1971

  • Dürer in America: His Graphic Work, NGA, 1971, no. 45, repro.

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. 1: no. 50.

Inscriptions

in plate, top left, in tablet: 1512 / AD [artist's monogram]; verso, lower right, in graphite by a later hand: 16 [upside down]; verso, bottom center, in graphite by a later hand: B.8; verso, bottom right, in graphite by a later hand: NR [?] 25141

Watermarks

none visible

Wikidata ID

Q18338456

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