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Asenath was the daughter of an Egyptian priest. According to chapter 41 in the book of Genesis, she was given to Joseph by the pharaoh, himself.The purpose of adding Asenath to the painting is because it having been commissioned by the Amsterdam patrician Willem Schrijver, It shows him with his wife Wendela de Graeff and their children as biblical figures.".
David with the Head of Goliath before Saul: 1627: Oil on panel: 27.2 x 39.6: Kunstmuseum Basel: Samson betrayed by Delilah: 1628: Oil on panel: 61.3 x 50.1: Gemäldegalerie, Berlin: David playing the harp before Saul: 1629: Oil on panel: 62 x 50: Städel, Frankfurt am Main Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem: 1630: Oil on panel: 58. ...
The painting was rediscovered by Dutch art dealer Jan Six in 2016. He is a direct descendant of Jan Six, a 17th-century burgher who sat for one of Rembrandt’s most important paintings, Portrait of Jan Six. The painting is dated to the 1620s and grouped under the growing list of paintings in Rembrandt's oeuvre known as his "juvenalia".
Rembrandt often used religious scenes and imagery in his paintings. Rembrandt's family was quite wealthy, his father was a miller, and his mother a baker's daughter. Although he later created many biblical works, Rembrandt was not raised in the church. His mother was a Roman Catholic, and father belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church. [3]
Actually: ‘The painting in the great hall of the Kloveniers Doelen in which the young Lord of Purmerland [Frans Banninck Cocq] as Captain, gives the order to his Lieutenant, the Lord of Vlaerdingen [Willem van Ruytenburgh] to march off his Company of Citizens’, as the painting is called in the family album of Frans Banninck Cocq.
120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum is a selection of paintings that were included in a booklet of illustrations in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam giftshop for visitors during the years 1950–1990. It was meant as an illustrated companion guide to the catalog of the paintings on show , which included information about the +/-1,200 paintings on show.
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 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.