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Genesis (XXXI, 17–18) recounts how Jacob left his father-in-law Laban, for whom he had worked for twenty-one years in Haran, Syria, and returned with his wives, possessions and cattle to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan. Jacob can be seen seated on a horse at the centre of the composition, gesturing towards his favourite wife Rachel. She is shown suckling the infant Joseph and riding a white horse. This painting, generally regarded as the artist’s masterpiece, demonstrates his increasing artistic ambition and stylistic innovation in the early 1660s.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

The Migration of Jacob

Date

1663

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 133.5 x W 180 cm

Accession number

P80

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1845; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Adriaen van de Velde

1636–1672

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