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Isaac Blessing Jacob (Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 25.110.16)

Christian Art

An oil-on-canvas painting showing the blind Isaac laying his hand on Jacob, disguised in Esau's clothing and goatskins at his mother Rebecca's urging, to bestow the blessing intended for his elder son. Painted by the Dutch artist Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, a pupil of Rembrandt, in 1642. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 25.110.16, bequest of Collis P. Huntington, 1900.

Facts
Origins
Attributed To
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, a Dutch painter and pupil of Rembrandt. 1
Physical Form
Medium
Oil on canvas, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1642, Metropolitan Museum of Art 25.110.16 1
Classification
Object Type
Painting 1
Medium (class)
Oil painting 1
Connections

Associated With

Isaac, Figures

This source names Isaac directly: "painting showing the blind Isaac laying his hand on Jacob, disguised in Esau's clothing and goatskins at his mother Rebecca's urging, to bestow the blessing intended for his elder son."

Source Isaac Blessing Jacob, accession 25.110.16 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Belongs to Tradition

Judaism, Religions
Source Isaac Blessing Jacob, accession 25.110.16 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Jacob, Figures

The painting's directly named subject per the museum's own title, receiving Isaac's blessing in disguise, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of that biblical episode.

Source Isaac Blessing Jacob, accession 25.110.16 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Additional Source Jacob (Wikipedia)
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Authored By

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: the author of this subject.

Sources
1. Isaac Blessing Jacob, accession 25.110.16 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Artcatalogue record, medium/object-type description
Quote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
An oil-on-canvas painting showing the blind Isaac laying his hand on Jacob, disguised in Esau's clothing and goatskins at his mother Rebecca's urging, to bestow the blessing intended for his elder son.
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Jacob (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: Jacob
Quote, Depicts: Jacob
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
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