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The Tribute Money
The Gospel of Matthew recounts how the Pharisees ask Jesus whether to pay taxes to the Roman Emperor. They try to trick Jesus into giving an answer that would lead to accusations by both the Roman authorities and the Jews, who resented the tax. Jesus points serenely to the emperor’s effigy on a coin and towards Heaven, saying that they must distinguish between material and spiritual matters: “Rend…
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1630/1639
- 1630/1639
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum
Identifier
- NM 631
- 17634
Extent
- Mått 139 x 159 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:54.328Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:24.001Z