Christ at the Column

Christ at the Column from 1600, attributed to Palma Vecchio, likely postdates the artist who died in 1528. The late date suggests a follower or workshop copy maintaining the master's style. The subject of Christ bound to the column before his flagellation was a common Passion devotional image. Palma Vecchio was a leading figure in early sixteenth-century Venetian painting, celebrated for his blonde female types — known as Palma beauties — combining Giorgionesque poetry with sensuous physical ...

The figure of the bound Christ is rendered in the warm Venetian manner associated with Palma Vecchio, with rich color and soft modeling.