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Study for 'The Meeting Jacob and Rachel', c1850. Creator: William Dyce.

Study for 'The Meeting Jacob and Rachel', c1850. Creator: William Dyce.

3-079-995 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Study for 'The Meeting Jacob and Rachel', c1850. This study shows how originally Dyce planned that Jacob and Rachel would be depicted full length, but before completing the first oil painting Dyce decided to truncate the composition, retaining only the upper two thirds of the figures. This has the effect of enlivening the action, bringing the viewer closer to that intense moment when "Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept". (Genesis 29.11).

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Creator
  1. William Dyce, attributed to: British; Scottish: Artist, painter, theorist
Medium
  1. Ink
  2. Pen
  3. Pen and ink on paper
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4000x3950
File Size : 46,290kb

Aliases

  1. ABDAG003231
  1. 687
  1. 1340000770
  1. 3-079-995
  1. 3079995
  1. ABDAG003231

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