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Christ Cleansing the Temple by El Greco

http://www.nga.gov/artworks/43723-christ-cleansing-temple

In this tempestuous scene, El Greco depicted an angry Christ driving the moneychangers from the Temple. An uncommon theme, it became increasingly popular in the latter half of the sixteenth century, promoted by the Council of Trent as a symbol of the Catholic church’s attempt to purify itself after the Protestant Reformation.
He holds a short, four-tailed whip in his right hand high and stretched across his

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