Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670 - Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods - fine art print

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This story comes from the Old Testament book of Genesis and stresses the value of reconciliation. Jacob lived with his uncle Laban for years, marrying Laban’s daughters Rachel and Leah. When the relationship between the men soured, Jacob and his family departed, while Rachel secretly stole her father’s household gods. When Laban discovered that the statues were missing, he pursued Jacob, accusing him of theft. Here, Jacob invites Laban to search his tent, while Rachel sits on the saddlebag containing the statues. After coming up empty-handed, Laban proposes a truce, ending the squabble.

Laban Searching for his Stolen Household Gods as art copy

In 1670 the Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo made this painting. The 350 year old masterpiece had the size: Framed: 278 x 398 x 14 cm (109 7/16 x 156 11/16 x 5 1/2 in); Unframed: 243 x 362 cm (95 11/16 x 142 1/2 in). Oil on canvas was used by the Spanish artist as the medium of the painting. It can be viewed in in the The Cleveland Museum of Art's digital art collection, which is one of the leading museums worldwide that builds, preserves, studies, and shares its outstanding collections of art from all periods and parts of the world, generating new scholarship and understanding, while serving as a social and intellectual hub for its community. With courtesy of - The Cleveland Museum of Art (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust. In addition to this, the alignment is in landscape format and has a ratio of 3 : 2, which implies that the length is 50% longer than the width. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was a male painter, whose art style can mainly be assigned to Baroque. The European painter was born in 1617 in Seville and passed away at the age of 65 in the year 1682.

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