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The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face)

James Tissot

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Object Label

According to John, while the Roman governor continues to find Jesus blameless, he accedes to pressure from the priests and decides to “chastise” him through scourging. Jesus is bound, defenseless, to a marble column and whipped before a crowded court as Pilate looks on from the palace loggia in the background.

Christ’s tormentors perform a punishment most likely inflicted, Tissot tells his readers, with leather whips weighted with pieces of bone.

Caption

James Tissot (Nantes, France, 1836–1902, Chenecey–Buillon, France). The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face), 1886–1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm) Frame: 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (58.1 x 42.9 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.263. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

The Scourging on the Front (La flagellation de face)

Date

1886–1894

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Image: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in. (36.2 x 24.6 cm) Frame: 22 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (58.1 x 42.9 x 3.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed bottom left: "J.J. Tissot"

Credit Line

Purchased by public subscription

Accession Number

00.159.263

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Artists and makers

James Tissot

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