Jacob wrestling with the Angel, by Claude Lorrain

An image of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682). Pen and ink, with blue and grey wash, heightened with white on blue paper, height 243 mm, width 352 mm, 1671.

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Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Claude Lorrain (French, 1600-1682). Pen and ink, with blue and grey wash, heightened with white on blue paper, height 243 mm, width 352 mm, 1671.

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Accession Number: PD.69-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 707 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 187.05kB
Captured: 2010:02:18 11:16:40

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17th Century angels biblical Claude Lorrain drawing dreams exterior fighting figures Fitz_PDP French Jacob (Old Testament) Jacob wrestling with the angel landscape Old Testament religion religious rural struggle struggling vision watercolour wrestling

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