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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 Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Erev Rav (Hebrew: עֵרֶב רַב ‘êreḇ raḇ "mixed multitude") was a group that included Egyptians and others who had joined the Tribes of Israel on the Exodus. [1] According to Jewish tradition, they were accepted by Moses as an integral part of the people.
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It depicts the adoration of the golden calf by the Israelites, from chapter 32 of the Book of Exodus.It was made as part of a pair of paintings (the other being The Crossing of the Red Sea) commissioned by Amadeo dal Pozzo, Marchese di Voghera of Turin, a cousin to Cassiano dal Pozzo, Poussin's main sponsor in Rome.
Some traditions say that the calf could also move, a property granted to it by the dust of the “horse of life”. [3] Other traditions suggest that Samiri made the sound himself, or that it was only the wind. [4] Still others say that the calf was formed by God himself, as a test for the Hebrew people. [5] Stories indicate that he was a ...
Molinari's Adoration of the golden calf (1700–1702) is in the Hermitage Museum. Antonio Molinari , also known as il Caraccino , (21 January 1655 – 3 February 1704) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era in Venice .
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The Golden Calf of Gozo (Maltese: L-Għoġol tad-Deheb) is a golden statue of a calf that was supposedly discovered buried under the Hill of Ta' Gelmus in 1729 on the island of Gozo, Malta. It was supposedly brought by Jewish refugees from the destruction of Jerusalem and buried by expelled Jews around 1494, before they left the island. [ 1 ]