MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

The Flagellation of Christ

1516
Red chalk, 235 x 236 mm
British Museum, London

The present sheet represents an initial draft for Sebastiano del Piombo's mural painting of The Flagellation of Christ in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. Sebastiano came to Rome in 1511 and soon became friends with Michelangelo, who took him under his wing.