The Flagellation; (reverse) The Madonna of Mercy, ca. 1540, Distemper and oil (? ) on canvas, 70 7/8 x 47 1/2 in. (180 x 120. 7 cm), Paintings, Girolamo Romanino (Italian, Brescia 1484/87?1560 Brescia), This emotionally charged depiction of the flagellation of Christ was painted about 1540 as a processional banner for a confraternity, or lay religious brotherhood; the reverse side has a damaged image of the Madonna of Mercy surrounded by its kneeling members