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Jacobsz., Lambert
Elisha and Gehazi
Around 1629

In this rarely depicted Old Testament scene, the prophet Elisha rebukes his servant, Gehazi, for dishonesty. The bold passages of colour are hallmarks of Lambert Jacobsz’s style, but the technique of scratching into the paint with the butt end of the brush may derive from Rembrandt, whose paintings Jacobsz sold in his Leeuwarden dealership. Rembrandt, in turn, took up the compositional formula of large-scale ?gures engaged in animated conversation, as did artists in his orbit such as Jan Victors and Abraham van Dijck.

 
Jacobsz., Lambert
Amsterdam, Netherlands around 1598–Leeuwarden, Netherlands 1636
Elisha and Gehazi
Around 1629
Oil on canvas
82.0 x 103.0 cm
Purchase, Bader Acquisition Fund, 2014
57-013

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