The Tribute Money, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum
Date
ca. 1582 - 1593, ca. 1653 - 1654Periods
16th century, 17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In a river landscape, Christ is in the foreground debating with the Pharisees. Behind him are his disciples. A chief priest shows him a coin and asks Christ whether it is right to pay tax to the Romans, who rule Palestine. Christ, sensing a trap, asks whose likeness and name are on the coinage: ‘They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then…
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In a river landscape, Christ is in the foreground debating with the Pharisees. Behind him are his disciples. A chief priest shows him a coin and asks Christ whether it is right to pay tax to the Romans, who rule Palestine. Christ, sensing a trap, asks whose likeness and name are on the coinage: ‘They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then he saith unto them, render therefore unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s’ (Matthew 22; Mark 12; Luke 20).
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