The Flagellation

Il Sodoma painted this Flagellation around 1510, depicting one of the most intense episodes of Christ's Passion. Sodoma's combination of Leonardesque technique with emotional intensity brought unusual psychological depth to Passion subjects. Passion compositions required painters to balance emotional intensity with compositional clarity, producing works that guided viewers through the narrative sequence of Christ's suffering toward the theological meaning of redemption.

The panel shows Sodoma's Leonardesque sfumato applied to a dramatic Passion subject, with the soft modeling and emotional expression characteristic of his religious work.