<i>Flagellation of Christ</i> (Piero della Francesca)

Flagellation of Christ (Piero della Francesca)

<p>The <i><b>Flagellation of Christ</b></i> (probably 1468–1470) is a painting by <a href="/en/Piero_della_Francesca" title="Piero della Francesca" class="wl">Piero della Francesca</a> in the <a href="/en/Galleria_Nazionale_delle_Marche" title="Galleria Nazionale delle Marche" class="mw-redirect wl">Galleria Nazionale delle Marche</a> in <a href="/en/Urbino" title="Urbino" class="wl">Urbino</a>, <a href="/en/Italy" title="Italy" class="wl">Italy</a>.  Called by one writer an "enigmatic little painting,"<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> the composition is complex and unusual, and its <a href="/en/Iconography" title="Iconography" class="wl">iconography</a> has been the subject of widely differing theories.  <a href="/en/Kenneth_Clark" title="Kenneth Clark" class="wl">Kenneth Clark</a> called <i>The Flagellation</i> "the greatest small painting in the world".</p>

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The Flagellation of Christ is a painting by Piero della Francesca in the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino, Italy.  Called by one writer an "enigmatic little painting," the composition is complex and unusual, and its iconography has been the subject of widely differing theories.  Kenneth Clark called The Flagellation "the greatest small painting in the world". 