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The Seven Works of Mercy

Worship of the Golden Calf

From the series One hundred masterpieces
Worship of the Golden Calf Lucas van Leyden (c. 1489/94–1533), Leiden, c. 1530, oil on panel

A party! The people in this triptych are drinking and dancing. They worship the Golden Calf and do all that the Lord has forbidden, while Moses up on the mountaintop prays to God.