Rijksmuseum

De afgoderij van Jerobeam

Date

c. 1704 - c. 1744

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

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.

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