Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ: William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau Oil Painting - Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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Work Overview: Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Flagellation de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Date: 1880
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 309 x 212 cm

The emphatic handling of the contours, the precise modeling that articulates the male anatomy of the executioners, the strict profile and rigid pose of the man just off center contrasted with the limp body of Christ and the arrangement of heavily draped voyeurs hint at something vaguely homoerotic. Many critics of the period noted with some alarm the youth and feminine abandon of the Christ figure. And it is worth mentioning that late 19th-century slang for a young male prostitute was "petit Jesus."

The Flagellation of Christ, sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is a scene from the Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian art, in cycles of the Passion or the larger subject of the Life of Christ. It is the fourth station of the modern alternate Stations of the Cross, and a Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary.[1][2] The column to which Christ is normally tied, and the rope, scourge, whip or birch are elements in the Arma Christi.[3] The Basilica di Santa Prassede in Rome, claimed to possess the original column.

The Flagellation of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1880) original William-Adolphe Bouguereau, reproduced here 30″x20″ on wooden panel by Marino Vasallo serious offers in the region of $2500 will be considered .

The Flagellation of Christ is one of Bouguereau’s greatest religious masterpieces. Christ, tied to a column, limply hangs; with his feet dragging on the ground and head hung back he submits to his fate. Two men stand in mid swing with their whipping ropes flying through the air. A third man kneeling to the lower right is fastening birch branches for the next part of the beating. Yet a forth man can be seen standing behind the attacker to the right also with birch branches in the ready. The viewer can feel the pain of Christ’s torment. Christ is surrounded by a group of curious spectators. To the left a young boy shelters his eyes from the horrid sight by turning his back and pressing himself against his mother. To the right, just above Christ’s head, a baby looks down at him sympathetically while hoisted up on his father’s shoulders. This life size masterpiece is every bit as great any religious works done by Raphael, Leonardo, or Caravaggio. Of course Bouguereau was a great admirer of all of the classical renaissance artists but he was especially enamored with the works of Caravaggio, in fact this painting contains a little homage to him. It is well known that Caravaggio would insert himself into his compositions and here Bouguereau has done the same . Look at the head in the background between the tormentor and the man in the white top and head band , look carefully and you will see the face of Bouguereau peering over their shoulders as a witness to this unforgivable act of cruelty.

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