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The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"

Jan Muller Netherlandish
After Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish
ca. 1615–20
Not on view
Towards the end of the sixteenth and early in the seventeenth century, Dutch Mannerists turned their attention to the Netherlandish master Lucas van Leyden and other northern Renaissance artists, creating a revival of interest in their works. Printmakers copied these earlier designs or made new compositions emulating the style of their predecessors. In about 1615-20, Jan Muller engraved copies of Lucas van Leyden’s 1521 series of the Passion of Christ, fourteen engravings illustrating Christ’s final days, from The Last Supper to The Resurrection. Muller’s copies are so deceptive that it takes extremely close looking and sometimes magnification to distinguish them from Lucas’s originals.


The Flagellation is the sixth print in the series. Christ stands with his arms tied around a column, while two men beat him, one with a whip and the other with a bundle of twigs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Flagellation, from "The Passion of Christ"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Passion of Christ
  • Artist: Jan Muller (Netherlandish, Amsterdam 1571–1628 Amsterdam)
  • Artist: After Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, Leiden ca. 1494–1533 Leiden)
  • Date: ca. 1615–20
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of three
  • Dimensions: sheet: 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.7 x 7.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.658.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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