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{{short description|1659 painting by Rembrandt}}
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'''''Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law''''' is a 1659 oil-on-canvas painting of the prophet [[Moses]] by the Dutch artist [[Rembrandt]]. It depicts Moses about to break the original [[Tablets of Stone|two stone tablets]] inscribed with the [[Ten Commandments]]. It is now in the [[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moses mit den Gesetzestafeln |url=https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/871387/moses-mit-den-gesetzestafeln |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums)}}</ref>
== References ==
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==See also==
* [[List of paintings by Rembrandt]]
== Bibliography ==
* Kristin Bahre u. a. (Hrsg.): ''Rembrandt. Genie auf der Suche''. DuMont Literatur und Kunst, Köln 2006. {{ISBN|3-8321-7694-2}}
* [[Christian Tümpel]]: ''Rembrandt''. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek 2006. {{ISBN|3-499-50691-2}}.
* [https://www.academia.edu/37491657/Shalom_Sabar_Between_Calvinists_and_Jews_Hebrew_Script_in_Rembrandt_s_Art_in_Mitchell_B_Merback_ed_Beyond_the_Yellow_Badge_Anti_Judaism_and_Antisemitism_in_Medieval_and_Early_European_Modern_Visual_Culture_Leiden_Brill_20 Shalom Sabar, “Between Calvinists and Jews: Hebrew Script in Rembrandt’s Art,” in Mitchell B. Merback, ed., B''eyond the Yellow Badge: Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in Medieval and Early European Modern Visual Culture'' (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 371-404, 559-573.]
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[[Category:1659 paintings]]
[[Category:Paintings by Rembrandt]]
[[Category:Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin]]
[[Category:Paintings of Moses]]
[[Category:Ten Commandments in art]]