Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. Bronze bas relief by French sculptor Henri de Triqueti with assistance from Etienne Hippolyte Maindron (1834-1841) on the main doors of the Madeleine Church (Église de la Madeleine) in Paris, France. The Old Testament story of King Ahab and Jezebel fleeing before the indignant Elijah, who predicts that dogs will lick the wicked king's blood and devour his guilty wife for coveting the vineyard of the murdered Naboth are depicted to illustrate one of the Ten Commandments.

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