The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob
The Reconciliation of Esau and Jacob is a 1624 painting by Peter Paul Rubens. Originally in the Spanish royal collection, it was sent to Germany by Maria Anna of Neuburg (wife of Charles II of Spain) to her brother Johann Wilhelm. It is now in the Staatsgalerie Schleissheim near Munich.
It shows the meeting between Jacob and Esau. It was later the model for a work by Abraham Willemsen.[1]
External links
- http://www.pinakothek.de/bayerische-staatsgemaeldesammlungen/museen-und-einrichtungen/staatsgalerie-schleissheim?g%5B5830%5D=6
- http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=83126
- Oil sketch for the work