Venetian school of the late 16th-early 17th century. "Christ tied to the column". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 117,5 x 79 cm; 130 x 93 cm (frame). Christ on the column or Christ tied to the column is an evangelical scene and a very frequent iconographic theme in Christian art, within the cycle of the Passion. The scene takes place in the Praetorium in Jerusalem, the centre of Roman power, directed by Pontius Pilate, where Jesus Christ arrived for the second and last time, after passing through different instances (Annas, Caiaphas and Herod). In this biblical episode, Christ is exhibited before the one who preferred to free Barabbas rather than him. He is stripped of his clothes and tied to a pillar, where he is subjected to mockery and torture, including the scourging and the crowning with thorns, iconographic denominations which are sometimes totally identifiable with this one and sometimes precisely differentiated. Stylistically, this work can be related to the characteristics of the Venetian school, as it largely follows the stylistic patterns set by Paolo Veronese. The style of the work is characterised by luxury, the classical architecture that frames the scene and the rich yet soft colouring through cool, light tones: grey, silver, blues and yellows. The costumes are lavish and the atmosphere sumptuous, populated by a multitude of characters in grandiloquent settings, although always of great quality and perfectly capturing the personality of the different models. In his painting we can observe a certain tendency towards decorativism and freedom of composition to a greater degree, using a light impasto technique, which allows for innumerable transparencies. He showed a great interest in the perfection of the drawing.