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).
| Artist |
Pieter I van der Borcht
RKD
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|---|---|
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Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
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| Title | Moses Burns the Golden Calf, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliiorum |
| 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 dipiction, at the top: Eversa idolatria |
| printed inscription in the depiction, top right: Deuteronom. 9. 21. | |
| printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: Pe. V. Borcht | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, below: 50 | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: 51 | |
| stamps (tools) on the back, bottom right: Stad Gent / Museum voor Schone Kunsten | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2013-AAR |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAR |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6495/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
21C
fire (one of the four elements)
Iconclass
21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25D13(GOLD) minerals and metals: gold Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H212 brook Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 31E23121 violent death by burning at the stake; pyre Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 41B162 smoke Iconclass 41C12 drinking Iconclass 41C121 giving drink Iconclass 43A44 bonfire, fire-works Iconclass 47I2113 calf 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 71E136 the punishment ~ adoration of the golden calf (Exodus 32:20-35, 33) Iconclass 71E1361 Moses melts the calf, grinds the gold into fine powder, mixes it with water and makes the people drink it Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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