The Flagellation by Albrecht Durer Magnet

The Flagellation by Albrecht Durer, 1512, is a small copper plate engraving from the artist’s Passion series of prints. It depicts the scene of the flagellation from the trial and crucifixion of Christ as told in the Gospels. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a German painter of the Northern Renaissance whose work as an engraver, printmaker, mathematician and theorist secured his reputation as one of the greatest artists of Europe. His many paintings, portraits, altarpieces, watercolors, and engravings were the first in the Northern Renaissance to use classical motifs from antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. Durer’s unparalleled skill in drawing and engraving as well as mastery of perspective allowed him rapid execution of a range of motifs which elicit universal admiration to this day.