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Summary

Nicolas Poussin: The Adoration of the Golden Calf  wikidata:Q377810 reasonator:Q377810
Artist
Nicolas Poussin  (1594–1665)  wikidata:Q41554 s:fr:Auteur:Nicolas Poussin q:en:Nicolas Poussin
 
Nicolas Poussin
Alternative names
Niccolò Possino
Description French painter, drawer and decorator
Date of birth/death June 1594 Edit this at Wikidata 19 November 1665 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Les Andelys Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris (1612-1621), Lyon (1622), Rome (1624-1640), Paris (1640-1642), Rome (1643-1665)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41554
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Title
English: The Adoration of the Golden Calf'
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people
Date April 1633
date QS:P571,+1633-04-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 153.4 cm (60.3 in); width: 211.8 cm (83.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,153.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,211.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180788
Accession number
NG5597 (National Gallery) Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
Notes NG5597
References
Source/Photographer http://www.cts.edu/ImageLibrary/Public_domain.cfm
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http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG6477

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The sin of the calf was considered the most grave sin of the people of Israel, immediately after hearing the Ten Commandments, and because of it God wanted to destroy them.

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