Identification title(s): isaac blesses jacob. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1894-a-18293. Catalog reference: wurzbach 2. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: isaac lies in bed and blesses jacob. Jacob kneels before the bed and places his hands in isaac's hands. Rebekah is standing next to the bed, pushing the pillows in isaac's back. Through a glimpse into the hall, a man with a staff can be seen (perhaps esau who goes hunting for isaac?). Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: lambertus antonius claessens, after a drawing by: le fort after a painting by: philips koninck. Place of manufacture: paris. Dating: ca. 1829 - 1834. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: top: h 303 mm × w 328 mm explanation made for: musée français: collection of more beautiful tableaux, statues and bas-reliefs that existed in the louvre before 1815, with the explanation of the subjects, and the historical discourse of the painting, the sculpture and the engraving. Paris: a. & w. Galignani & londers, j. O. Robinson, [1829-39], part ii. Subject: what: jacob's visit to isaac ~ death of isaac. Isaac lying in bed blesses jacob who, disguised in esau's clothes, brings food to his father; jacob's hands and neck are covered with goatskins. Acquisition: purchase 1894. Date: between circa 1829 and circa 1834.
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