Cristo atado a la columna caravaggio biography

The painting, also known as the Flagellation of Christ, is an artwork by an Italian Baroque painter, Caravaggio.

This painting is one of the two versions of the same artwork that Caravaggio painted in 1606 after his arrival in Naples.

The Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen in France, currently houses this piece of art.

Christ at The Column painting represents the many attempts that artists all over the globe to represent the suffering of Christ just before the crucifixion.

The painting depicts three men: Christ and two of his tormentors. They have tied Christ to a column; hence, the title Christ At The Column.

Cristo atado a la columna caravaggio biography in english

This portrayal of the Biblical event possibly alludes to the judgment of Christ at Pilate’s. The torturers have stripped the Son of God to minimal clothing to double the torment and push him further down the abyss of embarrassment.

The snub-nosed tormentor