The Adoration of the Golden Calf Andrea Vaccaro 1645-55 Museum, Italy, Andrea Vaccaro 1600 - 1670 Italian Baroque period Naples. () When Moses receives the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, the waiting people become bored and lose faith in their god. Against all commandments, under the leadership of Moses' brother Aaron, they make an idol, a golden calf, around which they dance )


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Location: Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
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