The Adoration of the Golden Calf, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Pieter I van der Borcht (etchers)
,
Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje (publisher)

Date

ca. 1582 - 1593, ca. 1653 - 1654

Periods

16th century, 17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Top left, Moses receives the tablets of the law on Mount Sinai. The tetragram symbolises God the Father. Meanwhile, the Israelites dance around a pedestal with the golden calf. When Moses returned and saw their idolatry, he smashed the tablets in anger (Ex. 32:1).

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Pieter I van der Borcht VIAF RKD Wikidata, Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 185 x 246 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAO
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, the book Exodus: story of Moses and Aaron Iconclass, Exodus (part III): conclusion of the Sinaitic law and its renewal Iconclass, the adoration of the golden calf ~ Aaron (Exodus 32:1-19) Iconclass, adoration of the golden calf (which may be standing on a pillar, and is sometimes depicted as a dragon) Iconclass, the people dance around the golden calf ~ Exodus Iconclass, Moses receives the tables of the law from God Iconclass, on seeing the idolaters Moses breaks the tables of the law Iconclass, Moses (and Joshua) come(s) down with the stone tablets Iconclass, God the Father Iconclass, calf Iconclass, minerals and metals: gold Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, male dancer Iconclass, female dancer Iconclass, dancing Iconclass, tent Iconclass, celebration meal, feast, banquet Iconclass, ships (in general) Iconclass, mountains Iconclass, rocks Iconclass, boulder, stone Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass, geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (MOUNT SINAI) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAO
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6493/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAO
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