It is believed that the composition was derived from the 'Flagellation' by Piero della Francesca in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino. It seems to represent Rose's continual concern with the abstraction of human  actions.

Brian Sinfield Gallery recently sold the work entitled 'The Sufferance of Harlequin' to an undisclosed investor. The painting was inspired by a late work of the venetian painter Titian.