Description
The Flagellation of Christ appears in this engraving after Albrecht Dürer from the Little Passion. Christ is tied to a column while men on either side raise their scourges. A group watches from the left, and the surrounding arches open toward distant buildings. The vertical pillar anchors the composition, setting the prisoner’s exposed body against the turning limbs and forceful gestures of his attackers.
The image translates Dürer’s narrative design into the finely worked lines of engraving. The arrangement makes the violence clear without losing the enclosed architectural rhythm of the scene. Closely spaced marks distinguish fabric, bodies and the surrounding setting, keeping the story vivid at a small scale. This later interpretation preserves the direct emotional appeal of the composition while remaining a work after Dürer.
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