Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (El Greco, Minneapolis)

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Artist	El Greco
Year	1570
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	117 cm × 150 cm (46 in × 59 in)
Location	Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple is a 1571 Christian art painting by El Greco, now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.^[1] It depicts the Cleansing of the Temple, an event in the Life of Christ.

There exist three other copies of the painting and also a faithful reproduction in the National Gallery in London, which has recently been considered as authentic by scholars in the field of visual arts.^[2] Two versions and that other on loan from Madrid are titled Purification of the Temple. The one at the National Gallery in Washington is called Christ Cleansing the Temple.

References

↑ "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
↑ G. M. Goshgarian, Gérard Genette (1997). The work of art: Immanence and Transcendence, Volume 1. Cornell University Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-8014-8272-0.

Works of El Greco

Art Posthumous fame

The Dormition of the Virgin El caballero de la mano en el pecho The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz View of Toledo Saint Peter and Saint Paul Saint Martin and the Beggar Opening of the Fifth Seal Portrait of a Doctor Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi The Adoration of the Shepherds Laocoön Retrato de un caballero desconocido St. Francis in Prayer Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple Washington Minneapolis London Frick Madrid

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