The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf and Moses Breaks the Tablets (Exodus 32:1-19)

ca. 1250 (Medieval)

9.5 cm 13.2 cm

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This scene from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a moment when the Israelites were in the desert after their escape from Egypt. Moses (shown here with horns, a sign of his encounter with divinity) had been on Mount Sinai, alone, receiving instructions from God. The Israelites...

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Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 6, 1903, by purchase [see The Diaries of George Lucas]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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