Art and the Bible home » art » work by El Greco     

El Greco: Scourging the Moneychangers from the Temple

El Greco ca. 1541 – 1614

Scourging the Moneychangers from the Temple

oil on canvas (106 × 130 cm) — c. 1600 Museum National Gallery, London

El Greco biography

This work is linked to Mark 11:15

Tags: Passion

Rate this work of art:

  [80 votes]

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

Related art

  • Caravaggio: The Flagellation [1]
  • Gustave Doré: Christ Leaving the Praetorium
  • Duccio di Buoninsegna: Peter Denying Christ
  • Duccio di Buoninsegna: Christ before Caiaphas
  • Matthias Grünewald: The Mocking of Christ
  • Hans Holbein the Younger: The Passion of Christ
  • Hans Memling: Scenes from the Passion of Christ
  • Caravaggio: The Flagellation [2]
  • Caravaggio: The Betrayal of Christ
  • Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: The Denial of Peter
  • Geertgen tot Sint Jans: Man of sorrows
  • Anthony Van Dyck: Jesus captured
  • Albrecht Dürer: The Betrayal of Christ
  • Arent de Gelder: Jesus Taken to the House of the High Priest
  • Abraham Bloemaert: Man of Sorrows
  • Edouard Manet: Jesus Mocked by Soldiers
  • Anonymous: Norfolk triptych (front)

Page metadata

Title: El Greco: Scourging the Moneychangers from the Temple
Author / citation: here
First published: 27 September 2005
Last modified: 15 March 2008

Art and the Bible © 2005 - 2013 artbible.info