The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel, Claes Moeyaert, c. 1638

Identification

Title(s)

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1485

Description

De ontmoeting van Jacob en Rachel bij de bron. Jacob, die met twee herders een steen van de put afwentelt, spreekt tot Rachel, die met de kudde van haar vader naar de bron gekomen is, Links een ruïne, rechts geiten, schapen en een hond.

Creation

Artist

painter: Claes Moeyaert

Dating

c. 1638

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 40.6 cm × width 60.5 cm

Subject

What

Jacob moves the stone which covers the opening of the well and waters Rachel's sheep

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Jan-1889

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; sale, F. Kaijser (†) (Frankfurt, Amsterdam) et al. [section E.P. Engel (Zaandam)], Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 4 December 1888 _sqq._, no. 68, fl. 300, to J.H. Balfoort, for the Vereniging Rembrandt;{Copy RKD.} from the Vereniging Rembrandt, fl. 350, to the museum, January 1889;{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 169, no. 18 (31 January 1889, no. 287); RANH, ARS, Kop, inv. 289, p. 210, no. 477 (2 February 1889).} on loan to the Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam, since 2004

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4610

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