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Isaac Blessing Jacob  1638

by Govert Flinck

The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their blind father into bestowing [br]Esau’s rightful blessing on him. The idea of imitating Esau’s hirsute arms by wearing animal-skin gloves came from their mother Rebecca, who looks on from behind the bed. Flinck derived both this painting technique and narrative style from Rembrandt, by whom he wa...
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Courtesy of Rijksmuseum