JACOB JACOB, BLESSING OF (Gon. xlix.), Hi'iiibraitJt, Cassel Gallery ; canvas, H. 5 ft. G iu. x G ft. 8 iu. ; signed, elated 105(5. Ja- (1718) ; Fr. Aquila. Vasari, eel. Mil., iv.
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By SjMf/noletlo, Madrid Museum ; cauvas, cob, on liis death-bed, supported by his sou , H. 5 ft, 10 iu. x 7 f t. 4 in. Jacob, in a loug Joseph, extends his hands to bless his two dark robe, somewhat like a Capuchin's, lies o-raiidsons, who kneel ou the further side of ! asleep ou the ground, at the foot of an over- II 11 _ 1 _ .1. . 1 _ J_ _ * _.1 A_ the bed ; beside them stands the mother, with her hands united. One of the artist's best pictures. Carried to Paris in 180G-7, and returned in 1.S14. Engraved by Clacs- sens and Oortmau in Musre franyais ; lin- ger ; Massaloff. Filhol, vi. PI. 374 ; Musre fraurais ; Smith, vii. G. turned tree ; in the background, at right, the mysterious ladder with angels ascending and descending. From collection of Philip IV. Lithographed by C. Rodriguez. lie- veil, xiv. 980. By Tinturctto, Seuola di S. Rocco, Venice ; oval, ou ceiling of upper room. " The painter JACOB, DREAM OF (Gen. xxviii.), Ma- ] has tried to overcome the awkwardness of winged angels ascending and descending steps by throwing them iuto ex- travagant attitudes, but he has evidently not treated the subject with delight." Ruskin, Stones of Ven- ice, iii. 347. JACOB, HISTORY OF. Raphael. See Raphael's Bible. JACOB WITH FLOCKS OF LABAN (Gen. xxx.), 3[tirillo, Sir John Hardy, Bart., Dunstall Hall, Staf- fordshire, Eugland ; can- vas, H. 8 ft. x 11 ft. 9 in. Jacob, ou right, enters pool Dream of Jacob, Spagnuletto, Madrid Museum. and lays peeled rods before rillu, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; canvas, H. the sheep on the left ; behind him, his clog 8 ft. x 11 ft. 9 in. Jacob asleep, with his asleep ; on left, a sheepfold ; ou right, a head on a stone, his staff near him on a cruse ; servant leading a mule is driving flocks at left, an angel pointing to the ladder, on away ; rock in centre divides the landscape, which two angels are ascending and three Probably belonged to Marques de Santiago, descending. Same history as l*iar blessing Madrid ; bought at Lord Northwick sale Jacob, of Hermitage, its companion. Cur- (185!)), 1,480. Curtis, 119. tis, 118 ; Hermitage Cat., 127. By Jlaiihai'l, Stanza d'Eliodoro, Vatican ; fresco on ceiling. Jacob asleep on some flat stones ; in the clouds a ladder with five an- gels, and above, God the Father with outstretched arms. Shows Giulio Romano. Painted in 1513-14. graved by J. Bos (15GO) ; Joh. Alessundri | belonged to Marques de Santiago, Madrid ; JACOB AND LABAN, MEETING OF (Gen. xxxi.), Murillu, Grosveuor House, Lou- don ; canvas, H. 8 ft. x 10 ft. 1 in. In cen- tre, Jacob and Laban conversing ; on left, in glory the family of the former in two tents ; on hand of right, horses and men ; background, land- En- scape of trees and mountains. Probably
