School of the 18th century

School of the 18th century.
"The Flagellation of Christ".
Boxwood carved, with good patina.
Measurements: 18,5 cm.
As for its iconography, the four Gospels mention the punishment that Christ suffers at this moment, although they do not refer to any column: this iconography arises from the word "punishment" used by Luke, and it was known as a moment prior to the Crucifixion in the words of Josephus, for example. Throughout the Middle Ages the column venerated in Jerusalem was used for these representations, characterized by its height. There is another typology, however, which closely follows the model of the relic preserved in Santa Praxedes in Rome since 1233 and that the Council of Trent took care to recover for art, characterized precisely by the marble in which it is made and for being low. This model of column, which does not deny the previous one as theologians recognize two moments in which Christ was scourged, was used in art from the late sixteenth century, coexisting with the high one, and spread throughout Europe rapidly.