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Isaac Blessing Jacob is a 1642 religious painting by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout. It shows Jacob kneeling at the bed of his blind father Isaac under the watchful eye of his mother Rebecca as he receives his brother Esau's blessing. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]
The painting represents what is described in Genesis (27, 1-29), when Jacob, helped by his mother Rebekah, deceives his blind father Isaac to receive the blessing meant for his older brother, Esau. To carry out the deception, Jacob covers one arm with a sheepskin, imitating the hairy arms of his brother.
Pages in category "Paintings of Jacob" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The painting was commissioned by the Amsterdam patrician Willem Schrijver.It shows him with his wife Wendela de Graeff and their children as biblical persons. After Willem Schrijver's death in 1661, Wendela's brother Andries de Graeff, burgomaster of Amsterdam, took over her estate, including the Rembrandt painting discussed here.
The Talmud adds that Jacob spent 14 years in the yeshiva of Shem and Eber before proceeding to Laban, arriving when he was 77. Rebecca's death after Jacob's 20 years with Laban indicates that Jacob was 97 when his mother died and Rebecca was either 120 or 134 (based on different Midrashim mentioned earlier about her age at marriage).
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is an oil-on-canvas painting created ca. 1620 by the Italian Baroque artist Guercino, now in the National Gallery of Ireland. [1] It depicts the Biblical story of Jacob blessing his grandsons Manasseh and Ephraim , with the boys' father Joseph on the right protesting that the primary right-handed blessing has ...
The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob (1624) by Rubens. The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob is a 1624 painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Originally in the Spanish royal collection, it was sent to Germany by Maria Anna of Neuburg (wife of Charles II of Spain) to her brother Johann Wilhelm. It is now in the Staatsgalerie Schleissheim near Munich. [1] [2]
Jacob and his twelve sons (Spanish: Jacob y sus doce hijos) is a series of thirteen paintings by Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán. The series of life-size portraits was painted between 1641 and 1658. [ 1 ]