Adoration of golden calf. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) [painter] c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 415 x W 563 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/7. Inscriptions: Unidentified weaver mark on right guard, top Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: FECERVNTQVE SIBI VITVLVM ... In landscape, Aaron makes golden calf, builds altar & offers sacrifice to golden calf, while kneeling figures surround; in upper R corner, on seeing idolaters Moses breaks tables of
Adoration of golden calf. Giulio Romano (Italian, 1492/99-1546) (author of design) [painter] c. 1545 Tapestry Dimensions: H 415 x W 563 cm Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Austria, Vienna, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, accno. I/7. Inscriptions: Unidentified weaver mark on right guard, top Inscriptions: Inscription in upper border cartouche: FECERVNTQVE SIBI VITVLVM ... In landscape, Aaron makes golden calf, builds altar & offers sacrifice to golden calf, while kneeling figures surround; in upper R corner, on seeing idolaters Moses breaks tables of law (Exodus 32:1-19) (L & R BRD) segmented border with figures in architectural niches, coats of arms at top; (UPR BRD) headed by cartouche with inscription, flanked by garlands of flowers & fruit, & 2 miniature masks; (LWR BRD) standing & seated male & female figures interspersed with swags & vases terminating in cornucopias Photographs in Photo Study Collection are details only; see Mahl's article for full view of composition. Mahl JbKhistWien 63 (1967), 7-38, Brown (et al.), Tapestries of Ercole & Gonzaga (1996), 194-205, Thomson, , Tapestry in England (1914), 201 Hunter, Practical book of Tapestries (1925), 135 Junquera de Vega, Catalogo de Tapices, Vol. I (1986), 163-170, series 24, Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0237197-0237260; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 0239098 (panel in the "Life of Moses" Madrid set, series 24, GCPA: 0239093-0239099); other set in series, Châteaudun
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