Family father Ruben, 1596 - 1652 print Family father Ruben, Ten Halven Lijve, in architectural surroundings, a crown in the right hand, a staff in the left hand. The left arm rests on a jug from which water flows. There is a second staff next to the jug. In the background a scene from the life of Ruben: a man (Ruben) steps in bed with a woman (Bilha, the big woman of his father Jakob). Under the performance two lines of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of twelve Family Fathers van, Sraël; Each print in this series consists of an image of an ancestor, halfway, and a two -way captio


Family father Ruben, 1596 - 1652 print Family father Ruben, Ten Halven Lijve, in architectural surroundings, a crown in the right hand, a staff in the left hand. The left arm rests on a jug from which water flows. There is a second staff next to the jug. In the background a scene from the life of Ruben: a man (Ruben) steps in bed with a woman (Bilha, the big woman of his father Jakob). Under the performance two lines of text in Latin. This print is part of a series of twelve Family Fathers van, Sraël; Each print in this series consists of an image of an ancestor, halfway, and a two -way caption in Latin. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving the twelve patriarchs together, the twelve (grand)sons of Jacob, eponymous ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. the twelve tribes of Israel (with NAME) (not in biblical context). Reuben (not in biblical context). Reuben's sin: he angers his father by committing adultery with Bilhah, Jacob's concubine (Genesis 35:22, 49:4)


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