GEMÄLDEGALERIE, Moses By Rembrandt
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Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law is a work by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, the most important painter of the Dutch School.
The large size of the canvas, unusual for a single subject, the striking expression on the face of the elderly Moses and the indecision evident in the way he is lifting up the tablets with the Ten Commandments all come together to make this a particularly moving, enigmatic painting.
The work depicts Moses’s indecision over whether to destroy the tablets, when, on his return after receiving them from God on Mount Sinai, he finds the Jewish people worshipping the Golden Calf.
Rembrandt painted this work in 1659, at the age of 53, towards the end of his career; he died in 1669....