Pain Collection (page 4)

The Crucifixion, St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy

Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for the the ballet dancer Ida Rubinstein, 1911. Design for the performance of Debussys Le Martyre de St Sebastien (The Torment of Saint Sebastian) at Pariss Chatelet Theatre

Christ on the Cross, 16th century. From Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Portugal

Hypnosis subject suffering from imaginary toothache, 1891. An Irish physician using the pseudonym Dr Stanley gave a demonstration of hypnosis using the methods of French neurologist Jean Martin

The Palestrina Pieta, 16th century
The Palestrina Pieta, from the Barbarine Chapel of San Rosalia in Palestrina, Florence. Now in the Galleria dell Academica in Florence, 16th century

Italian earthenware plate showing the birth of Hercules
Depiction on an Italian earthenware dish of the birth of Hercules, with fortune and the seven planets and virtues around it

Perseus fights with the centaur, from the Kunsthistorichesmuseums collection in Vienna

Egyptian clay figure stuck with pins, with a possible magical use. From the Louvres collection

Flagellant, 16th century. Artist: Jost Amman
Flagellant, 16th century. Flagellants were members of a sect, known as the Brothers of the Cross, founded in c1260. They whipped themselves until blood ran in order to obtain Gods mercy

Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. Artist: James Tissot
Jesus scourged on the face, c1897. After his arrest, during the week of his Passion leading up to the crucifixion, Jesus was humiliated, tried and tortured

February - Cutting Weather, 1839. Artist: George Cruikshank
February - Cutting Weather, 1839. A typical day at Dr Swishtails Academy. Boys at their desks look on as the schoolmaster punishes a boy by flogging him with the birch

Torturing a prisoner on the rack, Middle Ages. A 19th-century representation of a medieval torture device in use, from World of Wonders, published by Cassell and Co, (London, 1894)

St John the Baptist as a Child, c1665. Artist: Bartolome Esteban Murillo
St John the Baptist as a Child, c1665. Found in the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

Joseph of Arimathea receiving Christs blood, 15th century. Watched by the Virgin Mary, Joseph kneels at the foot of the cross holding the Holy Grail to catch the drops of blood falling from the spear

The Dentist (reverse copy). n. d. Creator: Jan Muller
The Dentist (reverse copy).n.d. After Lucas van Leyden

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