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Uyttenbroeck, Moses van
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
1623

In his interpretation of the Old Testament subject (Genesis 32: 24–32), Moses van Uyttenbroeck situates Jacob and the angel in the right foreground to emphasize the river landscape. His selection of an Italianate setting is driven by the Biblical account: Jacob sends his family across the ford Jabbok before being joined unexpectedly by an angelic stranger. Their wrestling match is terminated only by Jacob’s request for a blessing. Uyttenbroeck, who never travelled to Italy, likely came to know of Annibale Carracci’s landscapes with small figures through Dutch painters who made the journey.

 
Uyttenbroeck, Moses van
The Hague, Netherlands around 1595–The Hague, Netherlands before 1647
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
1623
Oil on panel
51.4 x 88.9 cm
Gift of Alfred and Isabel Bader, 2013
56-003.33

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