hungry Esau sells his birthright as firstborn to Jacob for a bowl of lentil soup. Upstairs, three medallions with images of events related to Jacob's life. Deceives Jacob left his father Isaac, which proclaims him unconscious heir. In the midst of Jacob's dream. Right the first meeting between Jacob and Rachel at the well. The print has a Latin caption in a cartouche. The print is part of a series of scenes from the Bible Genesis. Manufacturer : printmaker: Adriaen Collaertnaar design: Crispin van den Broeck (listed building) publisher: Eduwart Hoes Winckel (listed property) Place manufacture:
hungry Esau sells his birthright as firstborn to Jacob for a bowl of lentil soup. Upstairs, three medallions with images of events related to Jacob's life. Deceives Jacob left his father Isaac, which proclaims him unconscious heir. In the midst of Jacob's dream. Right the first meeting between Jacob and Rachel at the well. The print has a Latin caption in a cartouche. The print is part of a series of scenes from the Bible Genesis. Manufacturer : printmaker: Adriaen Collaertnaar design: Crispin van den Broeck (listed building) publisher: Eduwart Hoes Winckel (listed property) Place manufacture: Antwerp Date: 1579 - 1583 Physical characteristics: engra material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) Measurements: sheet: h 258 mm × W 190 mm Subject: Isaac lying in bed blesses Jacob who, disguised in Esau's clothes, food brings to his father; Jacob's hands and neck are covered with goatskinsEsau, returning hungry from the hunt, sells his first birth right to Jacob for a pottage or lentilsthe 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 Jacob moves the stone How many followers covers the opening of the well and water Rachel's sheep
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