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Isaak zegent Jakob

Old and dim of sight, Isaac lays his hands on Jacob, who has come disguised as Esau, and gives him the blessing of the firstborn (Genesis 27). By the Dutch printmaker Crispijn van de Passe, held in the Rijksmuseum.

Isaak zegent Jakob by Crispijn van de Passe depicting Genesis 27
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-1922-313.Source

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About Crispijn van de Passe

1564-1637 · Dutch

Crispijn van de Passe the Elder was a Dutch engraver and founder of a four-generation dynasty of printmakers; his biblical series — including the Liber Genesis and Life of Christ — circulated across Protestant and Catholic Europe alike.