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Cesar Paniamogan, Jr. | all galleries >> Galleries >> National Gallery of Art > The Flagellation of Christ
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The Flagellation of Christ

Bacchiacca

oil on panel, c. 1512-1515
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC


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Manfred HUPPERTZ 04-Apr-2006 11:36
This picture is one of the most erotic I've ever seen. How could the painter
create such a scene, anno 1512? I'm damned sure that the flagellator on the
right has got a brilliant hard-on, with his back side no less splendid!
Jesus is still quite amused looking curiously at his playmate, asking
what comes next. At this time sado-masochism hasn't yet been "invented", but
it did exist under a different name. This work of art is not for sale, I guess.