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The Gospels go straight from the scourging to the crown of thorns. None has Christ alone afterward, collecting his clothes. The moment belongs to meditation: in the Catholic Reformation, the National Gallery in London notes, worshippers were encouraged to imagine themselves present at the Passion.
Correa, self-described free mulatto and master painter, painted it in Mexico City. Christ is on hands and knees, reaching for the black robe; whip and thorny twigs lie before him. Five angels in a half-circle, the Gallery says, weep openly. They are present, as the worshipper was encouraged to be.
Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 'Christ Gathering His Garments after the Flagellation', accession 2024.4.1, read 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-01. · National Gallery of Art, Washington, press release 'National Gallery of Art Acquires Significant Work by Juan Correa', 18 October 2024. · The National Gallery, London, 'Christ contemplated by the Christian Soul', NG1148, object text. · Matthew 27:26-29, Mark 15:15-17, John 19:1-2, Douay-Rheims (Challoner).
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