In a classical hall at the back, Christ is bound to a column and whipped while Pilate watches from his throne. In the foreground, three men stand talking in a sunlit street and pay no attention. Piero built the scene with exact linear perspective, and who the three men are, and why they dominate the picture, has been argued over for centuries.
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The two scenes are lit from opposite sides. Piero signed it on the step beneath Pilate's seat: "the work of Piero of Borgo San Sepolcro".
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