The Worship of the Golden Calf

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The Worship of the Golden Calf is a dramatic religious painting by the Venetian Renaissance master Tintoretto, depicting the biblical episode of idolatry from the Book of Exodus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
artForm painting
artHistoricalPeriod 16th century
artist Tintoretto
artisticSchool Venetian school
basedOn Book of Exodus
colorPalette dramatic chiaroscuro
countryOfOrigin Republic of Venice
creator Tintoretto
creatorBirthName Jacopo Robusti
linked to: Tintoretto
creatorNationality Italian
depicts Israelites
biblical scene
dance
episode from the Book of Exodus
idolatry
religious ritual
sacrifice
worship of the golden calf
depictsTime biblical era
genre history painting
hasPart figures dancing around the golden calf
golden calf idol
tablets of the Law
iconography biblical iconography
languageOfWork none (visual artwork)
mainSubject Golden Calf
Moses (biblical figure)
medium oil paint
movement Renaissance art
Venetian Renaissance
narrativeLocation Sinai Desert
linked to: Sinai desert

foot of Mount Sinai
narrativeSource Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
religion Christianity
style Mannerism
theme Old Testament narrative
disobedience to God
idolatry
title The Worship of the Golden Calf

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Tintoretto notableWork The Worship of the Golden Calf
Golden Calf namedAfter biblical golden calf
linked to: The Worship of the Golden Calf
Dance Around the Golden Calf (1910) depicts golden calf
linked to: The Worship of the Golden Calf
The Worship of the Golden Calf title The Worship of the Golden Calf