# The Flagellation \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PIERO della FRANCESCA]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil and tempera on panel ## Commentary PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA \(b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro\) The Flagellation \(detail\) c. 1455 Oil and tempera on panel Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino The figures at the right are probably portraits and there are many attempts by scholars to identify them. The youthful, barefoot figure in the group, clothed only in a plain red garment is traditionally identified as Duke Oddantonio, Federico de Montefeltro's half-brother who was murdered in his nightshirt. More recently, the figure has been identified as a wingless angel, <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/piero/3/13nativ3.html'\)" HREF="/html/p/piero/3/13nativ3.html">like those in Piero's later Nativity.</A> ## Related artworks - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam \(detail\)]() - [1. Death of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()