Flagellation

"Flagellation" is a powerful religious painting depicting the moment from the Passion of Christ when Jesus is scourged at the pillar, a key event in Christian tradition. Often associated with the Rococo style, such works focus on intense emotion and dramatic imagery. The scene typically highlights the column or pillar, symbolizing the Arma Christi, along with scourges or whips. The episode is linked to the site of the Church of the Flagellation and holds significance as the second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary and the sixth station in John Paul II's Scriptural Way of the Cross.