Jacob wrestling with the angel by Eugène Delacroix, Genesis 32:22-32, Bible.Gallery
Jacob wrestling with the angel is a fresco painting by Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). Measuring 491 × 758 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Genesis 32:22-32. This painting is housed at Art inspired by Stories in the Bible.
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