Jacob wrestling with the angel by Eugène Delacroix, Genesis 32:22-32, Bible.Gallery
Jacob wrestling with the angel created
Its dimension is 491cm wide and
758cm high
and it was drawn with fresco style.
Artwork Description
Delacroix described this composition: "Left-hand picture. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel. Jacob is bringing the flocks and other gifts by which he hopes to assuage the ire of his brother Esau. A stranger appears who stops him and engages him in a stubborn struggle, which ends only when Jacob, wounded in the tendon of the thigh by his opponent, is made powerless. This struggle is regarded, by Holy Scripture, as a sign of the ordeals that God sometimes visits upon his chosen ones."
Artist : Eugène Delacroix