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Dance Around the Golden Calf
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Dance Around the Golden Calf

Johann Sadeler (I) · 1579 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

The Jewish people dance and make music around a pillar with the golden calf. In the foreground, a feast is being eaten. On a hill to the left, Moses breaks the tablets of the law on the ground. Below the image, a Latin reference to the biblical text in Exodus 32. Print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDans rond het gouden kalf. 1579. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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