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An allegory

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DSC_5198.JPG An allegory of melancholy ThumbnailsEl Greco's Saviour of the WorldAn allegory of melancholy ThumbnailsEl Greco's Saviour of the WorldAn allegory of melancholy ThumbnailsEl Greco's Saviour of the WorldAn allegory of melancholy ThumbnailsEl Greco's Saviour of the World

An allegory (1590) by El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos.
A very unusual painting, probably illustrating "the simple moralising message that lust appeals to our foolish and baser instincts".