After receiving the 10 commandments from God, Moses twice ascended to Mount Sinai, staying there for 40 days, and saw God face to face. During his first absence, the people terribly sinned: he made the Golden Calf, before which the Israelites began to serve and have fun. Moses destroyed the calf in anger.
Related Paintings 
Sons of Israel dancing around the golden calf by Karel van Mander 
Dance around the golden calf by Nicola Poussin 
Moses with the Tablets of Laws by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine 
Moses Driver by Nicholas Roerich 
Moses in front of a burning bush by Domenico Feti 
Moses on Mount Sinai by Jean-Leon Jerome 
Moses Mining Water from a Rock by Filippino Lippi 
The Test of Moses by Fire by Giorgione
Sons of Israel dancing around the golden calf by Karel van Mander Dance around the golden calf by Nicola Poussin Moses with the Tablets of Laws by Rembrandt Harmens Van Rhine Moses Driver by Nicholas Roerich Moses in front of a burning bush by Domenico Feti Moses on Mount Sinai by Jean-Leon Jerome Moses Mining Water from a Rock by Filippino Lippi The Test of Moses by Fire by Giorgione