Master Morata
Passion Altarpiece: Detail, the Flagellation

Aragon, circa 1470-1505
Tempera and gold on wood
The Cloisters, New York City (gift of George Blumenthal, accession numbers 11.3.1 and 35.35.19)

Pilate (the seated figure) orders Jesus whipped. Images of this episode almost always show Jesus tied to a column. See Matthew 27:26, Mark 15:15, John 19:1.

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Photographed at The Cloisters by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.