Moses Burns the Golden Calf, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum

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
In the left background, the pedestal with the golden calf is shattered. In the foreground, the golden calf lies in the fire. Some men are trying to fan the fire by adding wood. The dust remaining from the image is thrown into the mountain stream on the right (Deut. 9:21).

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 187 x 250 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2013-AAR
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, the punishment ~ adoration of the golden calf (Exodus 32:20-35, 33) Iconclass, Moses melts the calf, grinds the gold into fine powder, mixes it with water and makes the people drink it Iconclass, minerals and metals: gold Iconclass, calf Iconclass, drinking Iconclass, giving drink Iconclass, water (one of the four elements) Iconclass, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass, river Iconclass, brook Iconclass, fire (one of the four elements) Iconclass, bonfire, fire-works Iconclass, smoke Iconclass, violent death by burning at the stake; pyre Iconclass, tent Iconclass, trees Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAR
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6495/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2013-AAR
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