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Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law
Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law is a 1659 painting of the prophet Moses by the Dutch artist Rembrandt. It depicts Moses about to break the original two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. It is now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
Bibliography.
- Kristin Bahre u. a. (Hrsg.): "Rembrandt. Genie auf der Suche". DuMont Literatur und Kunst, Köln 2006.
- Christian Tümpel: "Rembrandt". Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek
the document, saying, “And Moses wrote this law.” The Midrash then taught that God compensated Moses for writing the document by giving him a lustrous countenance, as reports, “Moses did not know that the skin of his face sent forth beams.”
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