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Painting of people worshipping a golden calf on a pedestal, with a bearded man carrying tablets at right.

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This painting depicts The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Sébastien Bourdon. A gilded calf stands on a white pedestal while a crowd of kneeling and gesturing figures worships before a smoking altar, and a bearded man in blue robes carries stone tablets at the right edge. The composition is set among rocky hills and a palm tree.

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