Jacob Blessing Joseph's Sons
The aged Jacob crosses his hands to bless Joseph's sons, setting the younger Ephraim above the elder Manasseh (Genesis 48). An oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1656).
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About Rembrandt van Rijn
1606-1669 · Dutch
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.