Detail View: The AMICA Library: Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasse
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1922.484R
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Drawings and Watercolors
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Creator Name:
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Guercino
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian; 1591-1666
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Guercino, imitator of
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Creator Name:
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Guercino
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian; 1591-1666
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Guercino Guercino
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Title:
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Final Published Work: Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, painting, collection of Sir Denis Mahon, London, 1620
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Study
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Title Type:
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alternate
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Title:
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Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
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Title Type:
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alternate
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Title:
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Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasse
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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full view
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Creation Date:
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=c. 1620 wkg DMa
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Creation Start Date:
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1610
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Creation End Date:
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1666
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Materials and Techniques:
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Medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray and brown wash, on cream laid paper.
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Classification Term:
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pen and ink
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Classification Term:
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Drawing
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Classification Term:
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Prints and Drawings
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Creation Place:
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Europe,Italy
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Dimensions:
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Height: 181 mm., Width: 245 mm.
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1922.484R
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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Rights:
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Context:
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exhib. label:Jacob Blessing the Sons of Josephc. 1620Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk on paperLeonora Hall Gurley Memorial CollectionThis is the earliest known study for a commission that Guercino was given in 1620 by Cardinal Jacopo Serra, Legate of Ferrara. The forceful, naturalistic drawing captures the moment of the Old Testament story in which Joseph attempts to guide the blessing arm of the nearly blind Jacob away from his younger son Ephraim to the head of his first-born, Manasse.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D13977.tif
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