1619
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Passion: The Flagellation is a 1619 by Hieronymus Wierix, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This engraving shows Christ tied to a column while Roman soldiers whip him. The men wear 16th-century Flemish armor and clothing, not Roman robes. Harsh light cuts across Christ’s body, making the scene feel sudden and brutal. Wierix used fine lines to show muscle and fabric. The soldiers’ faces look bored, not angry, which is odd for such violence. This was part of a series about Christ’s suffering. His style feels close to Albrecht Dürer’s engravings. See more of Wierix’s work at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Hieronymus Wierix (1553–1619) was a Flemish engraver, draughtsman and publisher. He is known for his reproductive engravings after the work of well-known local and foreign artists including Albrecht Dürer. Together with…
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