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El Greco (4) 엘 그레코

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 10. 17:53

El Greco 1541 – 1614

Scourging the Moneychangers from the Temple

oil on canvas (106 × 130 cm) — c. 1600

The National Gallery, London

El Greco biography

This work is linked to Mark 11:15

 

Mark 11 - New Testament

Mark 11 1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall

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Also known as The Purification of the Temple and Christ Cleansing the Temple. El Greco made probably five paintings on the subject. Moneychangers and traders are evicted from the holy place.