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Moses Receiving the Tables of the Law and Adoration of the Golden Calf

In Martin Luther, Deudsch Catechismus auffs new Corrigirt und gebessert, Wittenberg: Georg Rhau (printer), 1538 (Munich, BSB), fol. 7v

fol. 7v (2 of 25 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

Lucas (I) Cranach (printmaker), Moses Receiving the Tables of the Law and Adoration of the Golden Calf (Rhau)

Actors

Georg Rhau (1488 - 6 August 1548) printer : 1538
Lucas (I) Cranach (4 October 1472 - 16 October 1553) printmaker : 1529

Places

Wittenberg production place : 1538

Design

Lucas (I) Cranach (printmaker), Moses Receiving the Tables of the Law and Adoration of the Golden Calf (Rhau) Part of Set of large Catechism scenes 1529 (Rhau) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Narrative

First Commandment: 'You Shall Have no Other Gods' (Bible, Exodus 20:3)

Functional context

Decalogue (1st commandment) (Catechism)

References

Web resources

MDZ

Credits

Created by

Wojciech Milej (2022-12-05 10:14)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2023-06-27 21:23)