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 JACOB, BLESSING OF (Gen. xlix.), Rembrandt, Cassel Gallery; canvas, H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 6 ft. 8 in.; signed, dated 1656. Jacob, on his death-bed, supported by his son Joseph, extends his hands to bless his two grandsons, who kneel on the further side of the bed; beside them stands the mother, with her hands united. One of the artist's best pictures. Carried to Paris in 1806-7, and returned in 1814. Engraved by Claessens and Oortman in Musée français; Unger; Massaloff.—Filhol, vi. Pl. 374; Musée français; Smith, vii. 6.

JACOB, DREAM OF (Gen. xxviii.), Murillo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 11 ft. 9 in. Jacob asleep, with his head on a stone, his staff near him on a cruse; at left, an angel pointing to the ladder, on which two angels are ascending and three descending. Same history as Isaac blessing Jacob, of Hermitage, its companion.—Curtis, 118; Hermitage Cat., 127.

By Raphael, Stanza d'Eliodoro, Vatican; fresco on ceiling. Jacob asleep on some flat stones; in the clouds a ladder with five angels, and above, God the Father in glory with outstretched arms. Shows hand of Giulio Romano. Painted in 1513-14. Engraved by J. Bos (1560); Joh. Alessandri (1718); Fr. Aquila.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 346; Müntz, 370; Passavant, ii. 129.

Dream of Jacob, Spagnoletto, Madrid Museum.

By Spagnoletto, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 7 ft. 4 in. Jacob, in a long dark robe, somewhat like a Capuchin's, lies asleep on the ground, at the foot of an overturned tree; in the background, at right, the mysterious ladder with angels ascending and descending. From collection of Philip IV. Lithographed by C. Rodriguez.—Réveil, xiv. 980.

By Tintoretto, Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice; oval, on ceiling of upper room. "The painter has tried to overcome the awkwardness of winged angels ascending and descending steps by throwing them into extravagant attitudes, but he has evidently not treated the subject with delight."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 347.

JACOB, HISTORY OF. Raphael. See Raphael's Bible.

JACOB WITH FLOCKS OF LABAN (Gen. xxx.), Murillo, Sir John Hardy, Bart., Dunstall Hall, Staffordshire, England; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 11 ft. 9 in. Jacob, on right, enters pool and lays peeled rods before the sheep on the left; behind him, his dog asleep; on left, a sheepfold; on right, a servant leading a mule is driving flocks away; rock in centre divides the landscape. Probably belonged to Marqués de Santiago, Madrid; bought at Lord Northwick sale (1859), £1,480.—Curtis, 119.

JACOB AND LABAN, MEETING OF (Gen. xxxi.), Murillo, Grosvenor House, London; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 10 ft. 1 in. In centre, Jacob and Laban conversing; on left, the family of the former in two tents; on right, horses and men; background, landscape of trees and mountains. Probably belonged to Marqués de Santiago, Madrid;