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Old Testament Subjects.
14. Jacob wrestling with the Angel. The subject is here
introduced in the fore-ground of a barren country, presented
under the aspect of day-break, and the Patriarch, clothed in
a crimson vesture girt round the waist, is seen with his back
to the spectator, grappling with the Angel, whom he appears
to have raised from the ground; the latter, clad in white
raiment, and his wings outspread, has the right hand on the
shoulder of Jacob, and the left on his loins, while his coun-
tenance, unaltered by the violent resistance of his antagonist,
is directed with a smile of benignity towards him. Painted
in a free and spirited manner, and full of effect.
4:ft. 5 in. by 3ft. 9 in.—C.
Now in the Royal Musee at Berlin. Worth 500 gs.
15. The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. The subject is
introduced in the fore-ground of an open hilly country, in
which may be observed the isolated dwellings of its pastoral
inhabitants; here the two brothers have met, and are folded
in the warm embrace of reconciliation. Esau, dressed in a
yellow coat of various hues, and girt with a belt, to which is
attached a sword, has his back towards the spectator, and his
head reclining on his brother’s breast; while Jacob, habited
in the Asiatic costume, is seen in a front view; both their
countenances strongly depict the feelings so pathetically
described by the sacred writer. This very beautiful picture
bears date 1642.
2 ft. 3 in. by 1 ft. 11 in.—P. Worth 400 gs.
It now adorns the banquetting room of the little Dutch Palace of
Peter the Great, at Peterhoff.

16. Joseph introducing his Father Jacob to Pharaoh.
5 ft. 10 in. by 7 ft. 9 in.—C.
Collection of De Heer C. Haselaar, Amst. 1742. \55flo. 13gs.