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          The Flagellation of Christ (Caravaggio)

          Painting by Caravaggio

          The Flagellation of Christ
          ArtistCaravaggio
          Year1607
          MediumOil on canvas
          Dimensions286 cm × 213 cm (113 in × 84 in)
          LocationMuseo di Capodimonte

          The Flagellation of Christ is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, now in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples.[1] It is dated to 1607, and may have been reworked by the artist in 1610.

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          6. It is not to be confused with Christ at the Column, another Flagellation by Caravaggio of the same period.

          Description

          According to art biographer Gian Pietro Bellori (1672), this work was commissioned by the di Franco (or de Franchis) family for a chapel in the church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples.

          The family were connected with the Confraternity of the Pio Monte della Misericordia, for whose church Caravaggio had already painted The Seven Works of Mercy. It was