Pontius Pilate sits in a throne at far left observing the titular action of this work, which is performed on a bound man using a lash.
A modern interpretation of this painting advanced by Carlo Ginzburg suggests that the seated man in a red hat at its far left is Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos. That interpreation also suggested the painting itself is both an allegory of the suffering of Constantinople and an invitation for an anti-Ottoman crusade to Frederico da Montefeltro, the Duke of Urbino. A man in a turban stands faces away from the view in this painting, which features a room at back left deforated with a black-and-white-checkered floor and coffered ceiling. A gold swordsman tops a column in this work, which shows three men stand in the foreground at right, oblivious to the titular scene. Pontius Pilate sits in a throne at far left observing the titular action of this work, which is performed on a bound man using a lash. For 10 points, identify this small, somewhat odd masterpiece of Piero della Francesca, which shows Jesus being whipped.
A modern interpretation of this painting advanced by Carlo Ginzburg suggests that the seated man in a red hat at its far left is Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos.
Flagellation of Christ [or Flagellazione di Cristo]