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What biblical scenes are paired in Tintorettoās Golden Calf and Last Judgment paintings?
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Tintoretto
Last Supper, oil painting by Tintoretto, 1594; in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. 3.5 Ć 5.6 metres.
In the church of the Madonna dellāOrto, Tintoretto paired two enormous canvases that reflect his deep knowledge of Scripture and contemporary spiritual movements:
- The Israelites worshipping the golden calf (while Moses receives the tables of the Law on Mount Sinai)
- The Last Judgment
These works, executed during his time at the Madonna dellāOrto, demonstrate the artist's awareness of the thematic link between these two biblical scenes.1