Moses showing the Tables of the Law with the Ten Commandments in Calligraphy, anonymous, c. 1600

Title(s)

Moses showing the Tables of the Law with the Ten Commandments in Calligraphy

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4487

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Siet toe ende hoort alle deese woorden die ick U ghebiede op dat het U wel ghae ende Uwen kinderen naer U eewiglijck’

Description

Tiengebodenbord: de Tafelen der Wet met de tien geboden in schoonschrift getoond door Mozes. Om de tekst kleine scènes waarin te zien is hoe Mozes op de berg Sinaï de van God de wet ontvangt, de dans om het Gouden Kalf en hoe Mozes in woede de wetstafelen stuk smijt.

Artist

• painter: anonymous

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1560 and/or c. 1600

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 112 cm × width 68 cm
depth 7.4 cm

What

• Moses comes down with the new tablets and is awaited by Aaron and the assembled people, who notice that 'his face is shining' (Moses' face is depicted with rays of light or with horns)
• the ten commandments (Exodus 20:3-17)
• the new tables of the law (Exodus 34)

Acquisition

purchase 1889

Copyright

Public domain

• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 105