The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the Well

Details

Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel at the Well
black chalk and stump
18½ x 16 in. (47 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance

Probably the artist's family, and by descent to
Mrs P. Howard; Sotheby's, London, 22 March 1979, part of lot 5, where purchased by the present owner as 'Jacob drawing Water at the Well for Rebecca and Her Flock'.

Literature

H. von Erffa and A. Staley, op. cit., no. 248, n. 2.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

The subject is taken from Genesis, ch. 29, 1-10.

West painted this subject twice, one in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia (von Erffa and Staley, 247), and the other, much closer in composition to the present drawing, is unlocated but known from engravings.

For another version of this subject see lot 43.

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