Purification of the Temple | |
Artist: | El Greco |
Year: | 1600 |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 42 |
Width Metric: | 52 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Imperial Unit: | in |
City: | New York City |
Museum: | Frick Collection |
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple is a 1595-1600 Christian art painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection.[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.