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The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf and Moses Breaks the Tablets (Exodus 32:1-19)
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 strayed from faith in God in his absence
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Provenance
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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.
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Oxford (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 3/4 in. (13.2 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.106.13R
