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An allegory

DSC_5198.JPG The Christ Child Disputing with the DoctorsThumbnailsSt Bavo's Church in HaarlemThe Christ Child Disputing with the DoctorsThumbnailsSt Bavo's Church in HaarlemThe Christ Child Disputing with the DoctorsThumbnailsSt Bavo's Church in HaarlemThe Christ Child Disputing with the DoctorsThumbnailsSt Bavo's Church in Haarlem

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".