Art, literature & history
The Adoration of the Golden Calf
1595/1596
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 26.5 × 21.1 cm (10 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2015.181.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Hans Rottenhammer. The Adoration of the Golden Calf. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Adoration of the Golden Calf — Hans Rottenhammer. 1595/1596.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash, over black chalk on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 26.5 × 21.1 cm (10 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.181.1. Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.