Name/Title
Christ ScourgedEntry/Object ID
0754Description
"Christ Scourged", "Jesus Scourged" or "The Mocking of Christ".
Illustrates the Bible passage, “Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they dressed him in a purple robe. They kept coming up to him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ and striking him on the face.” John 19:1-3
Christ partially draped in a robe with a crown of thorns on head and dripping blood on his shoulder stands with hands crossed and bound, holding a crude scepter. On the floor lays the cross and in the background stands a pillar. Haidt depicts Christ as the "Man of Sorrows" with graphic detailed wounds.
This is one of six paintings Haidt made dealing with the death and resurrection of Christ, for the Saal in the Manor House in Nazareth. MHS has all six in the collection, "Christ in Gethsemane", "Adoration of the Shepherds", "The Crucifixion", "Lamentation over the Body of Christ", and "Thomas Doubting".Acquisition
Accession
754Source or Donor
Board of Trustees, Nazareth Moravian CongregationAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist
John Valentine HaidtDate made
1754 - 1761Dimensions
Height
51 inWidth
40-1/2 inConservation
Notes
Restoration funded by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Breinig, Sr.General Notes
Note
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