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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Large Passion: 3. Flagellation of Christ

🖼 The Large Passion: 3. Flagellation of Christ, c. 1497
Woodcut
39 × 28 cm
Vienna, Austria

Violent diagonal lines and writhing bodies fill this woodcut as soldiers brutally scourge Christ bound to a column. Dürer's dramatic composition and technical mastery established the Northern Renaissance print as a powerful vehicle for religious narrative and emotional intensity.

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