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Christ is bound to a column as torturers prepare to scourge him, the scene emerging from profound darkness with stark, raking light.
Significance
Painted during Caravaggio's exile in Naples, this version (one of several he painted of the subject) shows his late style's increasing darkness and psychological intensity.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
134.5 cm × 175.4 cm
Location
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France