id:			143172
accession number:	1967.150
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.150
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:35.229000

The Flagellation, 16th century. Moderno (Italian, 1467–1528). Bronze; overall: 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp 1967.150

title:				The Flagellation
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creation date:			16th century
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Chester D. Tripp
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culture:	Italy, 16th century
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Moderno (Italian, 1467–1528)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art
	opening date:   2017-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Gods and Heroes: Ancient Legends in Renaissance Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-December 31, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ruetschi, Zurich.
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	Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
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wall description:
Although not exact copies, the compositions of both this bronze plaque and drawing derive from the Laocoön group, an ancient marble sculpture unearthed in 1506 in Rome. The nearly life-size statue of the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons battling giant sea snakes quickly became a source of inspiration for artists. They especially appreciated the emotional anguish and physical strain portrayed by the struggling male nudes. In The Flagellation, the sculptor Moderno adopted Laocoön’s pose and muscularity for the suffering figure of Christ, thereby presenting him as an athletic and virtuous hero. Pordenone’s drawing of a man entwined by two serpents seems to be his own expressive version of Laocoön.
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