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 ⓘ