Print, book-illustration, Tobias Stimmer, 1578

Jacob stealing esau's birthright; kneeling in front of his father, isaac, as he receives his blessing; rebecca standing next to them, holding a plate with food and a tankard and esau hunting in left background; on the verso jacob's dream of the heavenly ladder; illustrations designed for the 'neue künstliche figuren biblischer historien' of 1576, here used as an illustration to 'biblia sacra veteris et novi testamenti', basel: guarin, 1578. 1576 woodcut. Date: 1578. Dimensions: Height: 59 mm Width: 83 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Jacob. Collection: British Museum. Print, book-illustration (BM 1929,0416.72)