The Flagellation of Christ

Agostino Busti, known as Bambaia,
was a very refined sculptor active in Milan in the first half of the sixteenth
century. The Flagellation of Christ
comes from an unidentified work, probably a funeral monument or an altar, but
the artist's hand is clearly recognisable in the elegance of the figures, the
rendering of the drapery and the refinement of the details. The relief has some
pieces missing due to the particular fragility of the marble panel, which has
been sculpted very deeply with the figures almost in the round.