De afgoderij van Jerobeam

Description

Jeroboam, the King of Israel, enjoined his people to idolatry to prevent their contact with the Kingdom of Judah. When he tried to arrest a defiant priest during a pagan sacrifice, his hand withered and the altar shattered. He had trespassed God’s First Commandment: ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’ De Roore impressed his contemporaries with such depictions of complex stories.

De afgoderij van Jerobeam

c. 1704 - c. 1744

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Dimensions

height 53 cm x width 69 cm

Classification

Painting

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands