The Flagellation. Artist: Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400-35). Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. (57.8 x 42.9 cm). Date: ca. 1400.These panels were among thirty scenes of an extensive narrative cycle that formed part of a large altarpiece from the Neustädter Marienkirche in Bielefeld, Westphalia. They were created two decades before panel painting underwent a qualitative revolution in the art of Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden, who achieved a new sense of realism in their works. The artist, one of the foremost painters of the International Gothic style in northwest Germany, still adhered to the traditional gilded background, although the inclusion of a horizon and some schematic natural motifs indicate an outdoor setting for both scenes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.