Esau selling his birthright, Paulus Moreelse (copy after), after 1609

Identification

Title(s)

Esau selling his birthright

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3455

Description

Ezau verkoopt zijn eerstgeboorterecht. Jacob en Ezau zitten aan een tafel, Ezau drukt Jacob de hand en reikt naar het bord met linzen. Op de vloer ligt een jachthond. Op de achtergrond Sara en Jacob aan het bed van Isaac.

Creation

Artist

painter: Paulus Moreelse (copy after)

Dating

after 1609

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: h 124 cm × w 160.7 cm
d 8 cm

Subject

What

Esau, returning hungry from the hunt, sells his first birthright to Jacob for a pottage of lentils

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

O.A. Peters Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest Dec-1942

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Otto Ary Peters (1859-1942), Amsterdam, possibly 1938;[2] by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1942

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 294

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4648

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