Offer van Isaak / Rebekka en Eliëzer bij de bron / Isaak zegent Jakob / Droom van Jakob, Jan Luyken, 1698

Title(s)

Offer van Isaak / Rebekka en Eliëzer bij de bron / Isaak zegent Jakob / Droom van Jakob

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-44.644

Catalogue reference

• Van Eeghen 1825-1(2)
• Van Eeghen 1826-1(2)
• Van Eeghen 1827-1(2)
• Van Eeghen 1828-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• number: ‘11’

Description

Onversneden blad met vier voorstellingen.

Artist

• print maker: Jan Luyken (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1698

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 155 mm × width 209 mm

What

• the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22)
• Rebekah draws water for the camels
• 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
• the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down; usually with God at the top of the ladder

Acquisition

unknown 2011

Copyright

Public domain

• Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken, P. van Eeghen, Johan Philip van der Kellen, dl. 1, p. 345, cat.nr. 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828