Other than being an interesting work of art, what is the function of the painting Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam by Emanuel de Witte?

a. It provides a metaphor for eternal judgment.
b. It records seventeenth-century building practices.
c. It documents religious tolerance.
d. It shows the strength of the painters' guild.


Answer: c

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