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Isaac Blessing Jacob (Murillo)

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Isaac Blessing Jacob (1665-1670) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Isaac Blessing Jacob is a 1665-1670 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, forming a pair with Jacob's Dream.[1] Both paintings were acquired via Dominique Vivant Denon in Paris in 1811 for the Hermitage Museum, in Saint Petersburg, where they still hang,[2] along with 26 other works by the artist and his studio.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Catalogue entry
  2. ^ Catalogue entry
  3. ^ (in Spanish) VV. AA. (2005). Museos del Mundo, Museos del Hermitage, San Petersburgo, pág. 72. Planeta de Agostini. ISBN 84-674-2001-4.
  4. ^ Murillo works in the Hermitage