Home›Sources›Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-esau-devos-53-601-335.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-esau-devos-53-601-335Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-esau-selling-his-birthright-to-jacob-for, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-esau-devos-53-601-335}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils," plate 1 from "The Story of Jacob and Esau," an engraving after Maerten de Vos, 1585. The record's own title names the subject outright. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953. Accession number 53.601.335(4).FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (11 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedMetropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/726703Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned engraving, the strongest available record for its attribution, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithJacob, Figures Well-attested This source names Jacob directly: "for "Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils," plate 1 from "The Story of Jacob and Esau," an engraving after Maerten de Vos, 1585."Source Esau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested6Sacred Art & IconographyEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.601.335(4))SourcesEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds3Sacred Art & IconographyEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.601.335(4))SourcesEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils, accession 53.601.335(4) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.601.335(4))General References1Sacred Art & IconographyEsau Selling His Birthright to Jacob for a Pottage of Lentils (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.601.335(4))Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year