Rembrandt van Rijn1659

Moses with the Tablets of the Law

Coming down from the mountain to find the people worshiping the golden calf, Moses lifts the tablets of the law in anger (Exodus 32). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1659).

Moses with the Tablets of the Law by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Exodus 32:19
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.