This painting (completed in 1656) depicts Joseph, the beloved son of Jacob bringing his sons Ephraim and Manasseh to his dying father to give them his blessing. But unlike in the Biblical story in which Jacob is blessing Ephraim and Manasseh simultaneously, he is blessing only the younger Ephraim. Rembrandt also added Asenath, Joseph’s wife and mother of his sons who wasn’t present in the Biblical account of the Jacob’s blessing of Joseph’s sons. This Rembrandt’s masterpiece is owned by and displayed in the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel in Germany.
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
Artworks by Rembrandt van Rijn
Print code: FA0033
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