A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE

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A NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
the ivory satin silk ground worked in coloured silks and pure worked with scenes from the life of Jacob: wrestling with the Angel to the left, Jacob with Rachel at the Well, and to the centre Jacob's ladder, a stag to the left and a leopard to the right of the panel, a castle to the left and a Palace to the right, the field with a variety of trees, flowers and creatures to accentuate decisive elements of the composition--12 x 16in. (30 x 40cm.), framed and glazed

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Jacob's ladder, Genesis 28: 10-22. Resting for the night on his journey to Harran, Jacob took a stone for a pillar and lay down to sleep. He dreamed of a ladder reaching up to heaven with angels going up and down. From the top, God spoke to him, promising the land to Jacob's descendants, the Israelites. When Jacob awoke he built a pillar from the stones and poured a libation of oil on it, calling the place Bethel, 'the house of God'.
Jacob wrestling with the Angel (Genesis 32: 22-32) 'a man wrestled with him there till daybreak' 'Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you strove with God and with men, and prevailed'.

Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 29: 9-30; 30: 28-43; 31: 17-55; 33: 1-11) Near Harran, Jacob met Rachel coming to water her father's sheep at the well. He watered the sheep; 'then he kissed Rachel, and was moved to tears'

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