Jacob wrestling with the angel by Eugène Delacroix, Genesis 32:22-32, Bible.Gallery

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

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