Why it matters
Christ is scourged in an open gallery in the middle distance while three figures in the foreground seem to ignore the event. Kenneth Clark called it 'the greatest small painting in the world'.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1459–1460.
- It is signed 'the work of Piero of Borgo Santo Sepolcro'.
- Its iconography has been the subject of widely differing theories.
Based on the Wikipedia article Flagellation of Christ (Piero della Francesca) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
