Sébastien Bourdon (French; 1616–1671)The Israelites Dancing Around the Golden Calf Pen and brown ink
Sébastien Bourdon (French; 1616–1671)The Israelites Dancing Around the Golden Calf Pen and brown ink, brown and white oil paint, ca. 1645J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAnd he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. (Exodus 32:18–19 -- source link
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