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).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | The Adoration of the Golden Calf, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum |
| Date |
ca. 1582 - 1593
ca. 1653 - 1654 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the depiction, top left: [tetragram] |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Exodus.32. i. | |
| printed inscription in the dipiction, at the top: insolens multitudo | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: 47 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 48 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAO |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6493/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11C
God the Father
Iconclass
11C13 tetragram (in Roman or Hebrew script) ~ symbol of God the Father Iconclass 21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25D13(GOLD) minerals and metals: gold Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 41A773 container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase Iconclass 41C5 celebration meal, feast, banquet Iconclass 43C9 dancing Iconclass 47I2113 calf Iconclass 48C8421 male dancer Iconclass 48C8422 female dancer Iconclass 61D(MOUNT SINAI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (MOUNT SINAI) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71E1 the book Exodus: story of Moses and Aaron Iconclass 71E13 Exodus (part III): conclusion of the Sinaitic law and its renewal Iconclass 71E135 the adoration of the golden calf ~ Aaron (Exodus 32:1-19) Iconclass 71E1343 Moses receives the tables of the law from God Iconclass 71E1353 adoration of the golden calf (which may be standing on a pillar, and is sometimes depicted as a dragon) Iconclass 71E13532 the people dance around the golden calf ~ Exodus Iconclass 71E1354 Moses (and Joshua) come(s) down with the stone tablets Iconclass 71E13541 on seeing the idolaters Moses breaks the tables of the law Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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