The Adoration of the Golden Calf — Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin

The Adoration of the Golden Calf

1633-4

Dating
Date range
Made in
Italy; Rome
Held at
National Gallery
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
153.4 × 211.8 cm
Collection no.
NG5597
Attribution
By the artist
Image rights
Public domainLicense details

Nicolas Poussin. The Adoration of the Golden Calf. Image credit: Nicolas Poussin; Source credit: The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 .. Public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Proportional resize and JPEG compression; full source frame retained.

Collection: National Gallery

About this artwork

Official collection metadata; attribution follows named catalogue, not an independent authenticity determination. Holdings are not ownership or current display. API limits: selected accessioned main-collection paintings with a single current direct artist attribution. Source processed timestamp is not treated as a curatorial update. No display assertion or image imported. Attribution: primary Collection credit: Bought with a contribution from the Art Fund, 1945.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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