The Flagellation

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Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–October 16, 1553)

Title The Flagellation

Series The Passion

Date Ca. 1509

Medium Woodcut on paper

Dimensions Image: 9 13/16 × 6 3/4 in. (24.9 × 17.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 6 7/8 in. (25.2 × 17.5 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Joan W. & Walter E. Wolf, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2016.44

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Lucas Cranach the Elder served as the court painter to Frederick the Wise of Saxony in Wittenberg (two Saxon shields appear on either side of the central column). He became a close friend of the reformer Martin Luther and later published his Protestant pamphlets and new German translation of the Bible.

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Series Title The Passion

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"The Flagellation | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=2016.44