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The Flagellation
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Abstract
"The Flagellation" by Piero della Francesca is one of the most enigmatic paintings of the Renaissance, The most recentre interpretation, proposed by Byzantinist Silvia Ronchey, on the basis of iconographic comparisons and historical investigations, has identified all eight figures of the Flagellation as a transposition of the political message of Giovanni Bessarione, the Byzantine delegate who opened the Council of Ferrara and Florence in 1438-1439 for the reunification of the Eastern and Western churches.