Artwork
The Flagellation
The Flagellation is an oil painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Francisco de Osona. It dates from 1500 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
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Subject & Meaning
The painting shows the Flagellation of Christ, a moment when Jesus is whipped prior to his crucifixion. The work belongs to the religious genre and depicts the suffering of Christ, emphasizing themes of sacrifice and redemption. It is housed in the Museo del Prado, where it remains part of the museum's collection of Spanish Renaissance art.
Technique & Style
The Flagellation is an oil painting executed on wooden panel, reflecting early 16th-century devotional practice.
The Flagellation is an oil painting executed on wooden panel, reflecting early 16th-century devotional practice. Francisco de Osona employed oil paint to render the Flagellation of Christ with meticulous detail, emphasizing the physical torment of Christ through chiaroscuro and linear precision characteristic of the Spanish Renaissance. The work’s composition, balanced within a shallow picture space, highlights the anatomical clarity and emotional intensity of the figures, aligning with contemporary religious art conventions.
History & Provenance
The Flagellation is an oil-on-panel painting by Francisco de Osona dated to 1500. The work was produced at the turn of the sixteenth century and is now held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
No further details regarding its original commission, early patronage, or successive ownership transfers are documented in the available sources.
The Flagellation by Francisco de Osona is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado, as recorded in the work's Wikidata entry. The painting, executed in oil on panel and dated to 1500, forms part of the museum's holdings of religious art. No specific inventory or accession number is documented in the available sources, nor is any exhibition history recorded.
The painting measures 128 cm in height and 84 cm in width, and its principal subject is the Flagellation of Christ.
Overview
The Flagellation is a painting created by Francisco de Osona, a Spanish artist active in Valencia around 1500, using oil paint. It is now part of the Museo del Prado's collection.
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Artist
Francisco de Osona, also Francisco de Osona the Younger, (c.1465–c.1514) was a Spanish Renaissance painter.
