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Description: | The painting depicts the well-known incident in Genesis 27, when Jacob, at the instigation of his mother, Rebecca, acquires the blessing intended for Esau. On the right is Isaac, on his death-bed, with his right hand on the young boy's head. Behind Jacob, on the left, is his mother, Rebecca. The moment depicted is when Isaac says: Come close that I may touch you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.' Esau was a notoriously hairy man, so that Rebecca dressed Jacob in kid's skins to make him feel likewise. So Isaac concludes: The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau', and gives the blessing intended for Esau to Jacob instead. | Subjects: | religion (Isaac blessing Jacob) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Guarino, Francesco (Italian painter, 1611-1654) Æ Circle of Previously attributed to Fracanzano, Francesco (Italian painter, 1612-1656) Previously attributed to Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9157... | Go to resource |
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