17th century Spanish school

Spanish school of the 17th century.
"Christ tied to the column".
Oil on canvas.
Measurements: 57 x 39 cm; 69 x 51 cm (frame).

Devotional painting in which Christ is represented tied to a low column, an episode belonging to the cycle of the Passion. It is a highly dramatic but non-narrative theme, designed to incite the faithful to be moved by the physical suffering of Christ and to admire his acceptance of the misfortunes he must suffer to redeem humanity. The scene takes place in the Praetorium of Jerusalem, the center of Roman power, where Christ has arrived for the second and last time, after passing through different instances. He is exhibited before the crowd ("Ecce Homo"), who preferred to free Barabbas rather than him and, either before or after this exhibition, he is stripped of his clothes and tied to a pillar, where he will be subjected to mockery regarding his alleged crime, being "king of the Jews", and tortures, including scourging and crowning with thorns.