# Worship of the Golden Calf

- By: Lucas van Leyden (Leiden, ca. –1533)
- Date: c. 1530
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: triptych
- Dimensions: support/centre panel: height 93.5 cm (centre panel) x width 66.9 cm (centre panel)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3841--5c339ff0bb6f85bad2f3183ed10da73b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/YMqmF/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This biblical narrative, showing the Israelites who were disloyal to God by worshipping the golden statue of a calf, was set by Lucas van Leyden in a continuous landscape. The triptych warns against faithlessness and debauchery. The choice of this rare subject is perhaps connected to the rise of Protestantism, with its strong aversion to the Roman Catholic veneration of religious images.