1548
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
The Flagellation is a 1548 ink by Augustin Hirschvogel, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows four muscular men beating a fifth man tied to a post. The men are bare-chested, holding sticks and ropes, while the tied man slumps forward. The background looks like a wooden floor with planks. The text below is in German and refers to a biblical story about punishment. The artist used sharp lines to show the tension in the bodies and the violence of the scene. Next, look up etching to see how this technique works.
Augustin Hirschvogel (1503 – February 1553) was a German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings.
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