Jacob wrestling with the angel

Title

Jacob wrestling with the angel

Draughtsman

• Paul Bril

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• opaque white
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Flemish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet oben links (von fremder Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): N° 7

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Doppeladler

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jacob

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 32,23-32

Primary

• 71T51 the meeting of Tobias and the angel Raphael
• 25H114 low hill country
• 46C11 road, path
• 46C513 'en route', traveller under way

Alternative Attribution

• Paul Bril imitator; draughtsman; by note on mount