PrintsNetherlandish16th-17th century

Jacob and Laban

c.1581

Artists

Adriaen CollaertArtist

Maerten de VosArtist after

Description

in medallions at top, left: Jacob asking Laban for Rachel's hand after seven years [Gen. 29:20-21], center: Jacob wrestling with the angel [Gen. 32:24-25], right: the reconciliation of Jacob and Esau [Gen. 33:4-7]

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

26.3 × 19.5 cm (10 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister. Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Related Artworks

Prints

Blois

Robert Brandard, 18th-19th century

Etched proof state with engraving

18th-19th centuryBritish

Prints

The Savior of the World

Mathieu Erin Corr, 19th century

19th centuryFlemish

Prints

The Arrival of the American Ambassadors in Peking

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

The Courtesan Kasugano of Sasaya (Sasaya uchi Kasugano), from the series Contest of Tea House Beauties (Kakuchū bijin kurabe)

Hosoda Eishō (Chōkōsai), Late Edo period, circa 1795-1796

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink, colors, and mica on paper with printed signature reading "Eishō ga"

18th centuryJapanese

Prints

Waltherus Restores Griseldis as His Wife, Illustration from Petrarch, Griseldis. Ulm, Johann Zainer, c. 1473

Anonymous Germany (Ulm) 1483, 15th century

15th centuryGerman

Prints

Letter P

Anonymous Italy (Ferrara) 1497, 15th century

Anton Woensam von Worms, 16th century

16th centuryGerman

Prints

Picture Book of Comic Poems, Mountains Upon Mountains (Ehon kyōka yama mata yama), vol. 3

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, 1804

Woodblock-printed book; ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

Prints

Amaterasu ōmikami with Guardians Myōjin and Taga Myōjin

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Hand-colored Shinto woodblock print; ink and color on paper