MARCELLO VENUSTI (COMO 1512-1579 ROME)

We are grateful to Dr Francesca Parrilla for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph. Dr Parrilla notes that there are two other versions made by Venusti of this Flagellation, one in the Galleria Borghese, and another in a private collection. The composition itself follows the work made by Sebastiano del Piombo for the Borgherini chapel in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, which was completed in 1524.