Rachel Hides her Father's Idols by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Genesis 31:31-36, Bible.Gallery
Rachel Hides her Father's Idols is a fresco painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), created in 1726. Measuring 500 × 400 cm, it depicts the biblical scene from Genesis 31:31-36. This painting is housed at Palazzo Patriarcale, Piazza del Patriarcato, Udine.
Rachel Hides her Father's Idols created
1726
and was completed in 1729
Its dimension is 500cm wide and
400cm high
and it was drawn with fresco style.
Artwork Description
The aged Laban stoops over his daughter and demands that she hand over the graven images that she has stolen. She refuses to do so. The action takes place in the encampment where Jacob's caravan rests on its way to Canaan. The staged character of the composition, imaginatively enriched with scenes from everyday life, obscures its Old Testament subject matter, reducing the latter to the status of a vague vision.
Artist : Giovanni Battista Tiepolo