The Flagellation of Christ

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, 1607

Oil on canvas, 286 × 213 cm

Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples

Room V · Flight and Naples (1606–1607)

The Flagellation of Christ, Caravaggio, 1607 — Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Painted for the de Franchis family chapel in San Domenico Maggiore during Caravaggio's first stay in Naples. Christ is bound to the column by two tormentors while a third, crouching, readies the scourge.