The Flagellation of Christ

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Jesus was whipped by Roman soldiers as part of the torture he had to suffer before his Crucifixion. He is represented here bound to a column, while two executioners hit him unforgivingly. No wound, however, is to be seen on his body, as was often the case during the Middle Ages. This relief is a modern plaster caste after the original in marble (now located in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow).