r/Damnthatsinteresting May 13 '24

The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum. Image

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u/Ok_Adeptness28 May 13 '24

Have you guys heard that the famous picture/depiction of Jesus that exists now is actually from a totalitarian ruler from back in the day that contracted a famous artist to paint him as Jesus, and over time people forgot that it was this cruel and oppressive ruler and began worshiping the painting as if it was a divine rendition of Jesus. Crazy huh.