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The Adoration of the Golden Calf – picture from the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century). According to the Torah and the Quran, the golden calf (Hebrew: עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב, romanized: ʿēḡel hazzāhāḇ) was a cult image made by the Israelites when Moses went up to Mount Sinai.
The Earls of Radnor owned the pair from then until 1945, when it was split for the first time and The Adoration of the Golden Calf bought by the National Gallery in London for £10,000, half of which was contributed by the Art Fund. [1] (The Crossing of the Red Sea was bought in the same 1945 sale by the National Gallery of Victoria.)
Nolde took an interest for religious inspired works shortly before making this canvas and would create several Biblical themed paintings. This work depicts an event from the book of Exodus, when the Israelites believing that Moses might not return from Mount Sinai, created a golden calf to represent the God that had taken them from Egypt and worshipped them.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art: 103/180 The Crossing of the Red Sea: 1634: 155,6 x 215,3 cm: Pendant to The Adoration of the Golden Calf. dal Pozzo collection. Property of the Earls of Radnor from the 18th century to 1945: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria: 99/20 The Adoration of the Golden Calf: 1634: 154 x 214 cm
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Provenance: private collection, Chevy Chase, MD. On his second trip to the Middle East, Tanner visited the mountain range of the Sinai Peninsula, the site of this Biblical episode. The Adoration of the Golden Calf was a popular subject among French historical artists of the 17th and 18th centuries including Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain."
And now, the "golden calf" Trump statue resides in Bakersfield, awaiting an auction its owner hopes will yield $2 million. "I knew that the left would look at it as a ridicule, which is fine with
It was made as part of a pair of paintings (the other being The Adoration of the Golden Calf) commissioned by Amadeo dal Pozzo, Marchese di Voghera of Turin, a cousin to Cassiano dal Pozzo, Poussin's main sponsor in Rome. By 1685 the pair had passed to the Chevalier de Lorraine and in 1710 they were bought by Benigne de Ragois de Bretonvillers.