Dozens of men, women, and a few children gather in groups amid a grassy landscape with a mountain in the distance in this horizontal painting. All of the people have pale or ruddy skin and wear flowing cloaks over long tunics or gowns. Warm light from the upper left illuminates the two groups closest to us, which cluster along the left and right edges of the canvas. Each group is set against a dark background suggesting cave walls or rocky outcroppings. On our left, an elderly man sits with his back to us as he looks across this shoulder to our right. He wears an amber-brown robe with darker…
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The Worship of the Golden Calf

painter Italian 16th Century

Workshop of related artist Jacopo Tintoretto (Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594)

c. 1594

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 158.8 × 272.2 cm (62 1/2 × 107 3/16 in.) ; framed: 187.6 x 300.7 x 12.7 cm (73 7/8 x 118 3/8 x 5 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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