3-039-742 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Flagellation; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info:Stripped of his clothing, Christ stands bound to a marble column in the center of this miniature. Blood from the beating he has already endured covers his entire body and forms a pool at his feet. Simon Bening chose to depict the most dramatic moment possible: all four of the torturers swing back their whips at the same time, making the viewer anticipate the simultaneous strikes that Christ's already broken body will have to endure.