# Worship of the Golden Calf [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FRANCKEN, Frans II]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on panel, 60 x 88 cm ## Commentary In the same period when the most talented artists in the country had gathered around Rubens in Antwerp, there were also other artists working in Antwerp who still clung to the taste of Rubens' predecessors. One of these was Frans II Francken, who painted Rockox's 'constcamer'. He was a very popular artist in his time, and although he lacked any outstanding imaginative power or great technical skill, his fame rests on his ability to convert monumental subjects from large-scale art works to proportions more suitable for private houses. The Worship of the Golden Calf is a typical example of the many religious and mythological scenes he painted. ## Related artworks - [Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels, 25 October 1555,]() - [An Antique Dealer's Gallery]() - [Arcadia: a Pastoral Landscape]() - [Art Room \(detail\)]() - [Art Room]() - [Ballroom Scene at a Court in Brussels]() - [Christ in the Garden of Olives]() - [Croesus Showing his Riches to Solon]() - [Crucifixion of St Andrew]() - [Feast of Esther]() - [Sebastiaan Leerse in his Gallery]() - [Supper at the House of Burgomaster Rockox]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()