Caption

The Flagellation of Christ, Kempener, Pieter de 1503–1580 painter, ca. 1540, oil painting, height 53.8 cm, width 38.1 cm with frame: height 64 cm, width 46 cm, religious painting depicting the flagellation of Christ; Netherlandish/Spanish style; iconography includes columns and a rooster attribute., A painted scene shows a tall pale column at the center with a white rooster perched on top against a dark black background, surrounded by a circular stone platform. Several mostly bare-chested figures stand around the column, some wearing draped cloth in colors such as blue, brown, yellow, red, and green, with a few figures holding long thin objects like sticks or spears and one holding a slender lit candle. A group of figures appear to be in active motion with raised arms and gestures, while a couple of figures are seated or kneeling on the platform edge and two figures lie on the lower steps, one wearing a blue tunic and red leggings and the other wearing a yellow top and brown cloth. The palette includes dark black, pale gray of the column and stone, flesh tones, and accents of blue, yellow, red, brown, green, and white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_281

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66.8Mb (4.1Mb) / 13.0in x 20.0in / 3890 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flagellation Christ Kempener Pieter de 1503–1580 painter ca 1540 oil painting height 53.8 cm width 38.1 cm frame height 64 cm width 46 cm religious painting depicting flagellation Netherlandish Spanish style iconography includes columns rooster attribute painted scene tall pale column center white rooster perched top dark black background surrounded circular stone platform Several mostly bare-chested figures stand column wearing draped cloth colors blue brown yellow red green figures holding long thin objects sticks spears slender lit candle group active motion raised arms gestures couple seated kneeling platform edge two figures lie lower steps blue tunic red leggings yellow top brown cloth palette dark black pale gray stone flesh tones accents white.