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The Scourging of Christ, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Trumbull, John 1756-1843  Search this
Titian ca. 1488?-1576 (copy after)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings-Copy
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Wadsworth Atheneum 600 Main Street Hartford Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1848.22
Date:
1820-1840
Notes:
Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974.
Sizer, Theodore, "The works of Colonel John Trumbull, artist of the American Revolution," Rev. ed., New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967.
Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 758.
Summary:
Violent scene showing figures struggling with Christ. Above this scene, in a niche, is a bust of emperor Tiberius bearing the inscription "TIBERIUS CAESAR."
Topic:
Religion--New Testament--Christ  Search this
State of Being--Evil--Torture  Search this
Control number:
IAP 06910081
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_35770