Jacob Wrestling With The Angel - Depictions in Art

Depictions in Art

Many artists have depicted the scene. These include:

  • Rembrandt (1659)

  • Eugène Delacroix (1861)

  • Eugène Delacroix (1861), (detail)

  • Alexander Louis Leloir (1865)

  • Léon Bonnat (1876)

  • "Jacob and the Angel" by Gustave Moreau (1878)

  • Paul Gauguin (1888). Also known as Vision after the Sermon

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