Flagellation of Christ with a donor

Francescuccio Ghissi's Flagellation of Christ with a Donor, dating to around 1399, combines Passion narrative with donor portraiture in a format characteristic of late Gothic devotional commissions. Ghissi was a painter from the Marches region of central Italy, a follower of Allegretto Nuzi, who produced altarpieces blending Tuscan influences with local Marchigian traditions. The inclusion of a kneeling donor figure reflects the growing late medieval practice of inserting patrons into sacred scenes as witnesses to Christ's suffering.

Egg tempera and gold on panel with the linear style typical of Marchigian Gothic painters influenced by both Sienese and Florentine models. The narrative composition juxtaposes the smaller-scale donor with the sacred figures, using spatial hierarchy rather than perspective to convey spiritual relationships.