Geißelung Christi

Rueland Frueauf the Elder depicted the Flagellation of Christ around 1491 as part of a Passion cycle. The Flagellation, showing Christ bound to a column and scourged by Roman soldiers, was a scene of intense physical suffering that served as a focus for devotional meditation. Frueauf's Austrian Passion paintings reflect the emotional intensity of late medieval piety in the German-speaking lands. This work belongs to the High Renaissance, when the innovations of the preceding century were synthesized into works of monumental clarity and ideal beauty.

Oil on panel with dramatic composition centering on the bound figure of Christ. The tormentors' exaggerated movements and expressions reflect the South German tradition of emotional realism in Passion imagery.