God blesses Jacob and calls him Israel, Images and scenes from the Bible (series title), God reveals himself to Jacob in Bethel (Genesis 35:9-15). He names Jacob Israel and promises him the land of Abraham and Isaac. After this appearance (left in the picture), Jacob sets up an altar to God (middle of the picture) and consecrates it by pouring oil on it. In the background a vast landscape., print, print maker: Pieter van der Borcht (I), (mentioned on object), Antwerp, (possibly), 1582 - 1592, paper, etching, height, 187 mm × width, 241 mm

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