Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759)

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Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759)

Jacob offering Oil at his newly constructed Altar Bet-'El

signed and dated 'J.Wandelaar fecit/1747' and inscribed in hebrew (recto) and with inscription 'Gen:35:14' (verso); red chalk, pencil, pen and grey ink, grey ink framing linings
345 x 219 mm.; and a drawing of Christ at Gethsemane dated 1756 by P. van der Schley, 269 x 223 mm. (2)

Provenance

(1) with P.& D. Colnaghi, London, 1953
(2) L.X. Lannoy; P. Brandt, Amsterdam

Exhibited

(1) Arnhem, 1958, no. 124
(1) Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968, no. 151

Lot Essay

(1) The hebrew inscription on the altar reads: Bet-'El (house of God), as described in Gen. 35 V:14-5

(1) See illustration on p.

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