拍品 361
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A DUTCH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY PANEL
A DUTCH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY PANEL

FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY PANEL
First half 17th Century
Woven in wools ans silks, depicting to the centre a circular medallion with Moses receiving the Tables of the Law, before a town in the distance with the Golden Calf on a column, wihtin a floral and foliat frame and yellow and red and further later red outer slip, areas of reweaving and patching
1 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. (55 cm. x 56 cm.)

拍品專文

Moses ascended Mount Sinai and received two tablets of stone with the ten Commandments. While he was absent the Israelites fashioned out of their gold ornaments an idol in the form of a Golden Calf which they placed on an altar. When Moses returned he destroyed the calf and in rage at their idolatry broke the two tablets. He later returned to Sinai to receive two new tablets from God.