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Caravaggio's 1602 painting entitled "The Taking of Christ" which will go on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art. To Christians it's one of the most dramatic moments of their faith, the kiss of Judas and the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. To art lovers it's the depiction of that moment by one of the greatest of Italian artists, Michaelangelo Meerisi, better known as Caravaggio. (AP Photo/National Gallery of Art)

Caravaggio's 1602 painting entitled "The Taking of Christ" which will go on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art. To Christians it's one of the most dramatic moments of their faith, the kiss of Judas and the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. To art lovers it's the depiction of that moment by one of the greatest of Italian artists, Michaelangelo Meerisi, better known as Caravaggio. (AP Photo/National Gallery of Art)

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