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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Flight of the Prisoners

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Original – A gouache painting by Jacques Joseph Tissot of the Jews being driven into exile, with the destruction of Solomon's Temple in the background.
Reason
High-resolution of a painting depicting a major event in religious history. A Google search for this painting turns up results with color grading that's all over the place; this copy is from The Jewish Museum's website, and Google says they hold the original.
Articles in which this image appears
Babylonian captivity, Kingdom of Judah, Books of Kings, others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Painted by Jacques Joseph Tissot, this version uploaded to Commons by Opencooper