Artwork
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is a photography by Unknown. It dates from 1907 and is held in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst.
About this work
Overview
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is a 1907 painting by 194_person, held at the Museum of Ethnography.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a biblical scene: Jacob wrestling with an angel. The figures are locked in a fierce struggle, conveying a sense of drama and tension.
Technique & Style
The artist uses contrasting light and dark areas to heighten the emotional intensity of the scene. A dark-winged figure embraces a bare-chested man wearing a purple cloth, set against a dark grey background.
Artist & collection
Susanna
Hercules and Antaeus
Gloire et louange a toi, satan, dans les hauteurs du ciel ou tu regnas, et dans les profondeurs de l'enfer, ou vaincu, tu reves en silence! (Glory and praise to you, Satan, in the heights of heaven, where you reigned, and in thedepths of hell, where, vanquished, you dream in s ilence!)
Oedipus cursing his son Polynices
Tityus
The Angel Releasing St. Peter from Prison
Lupta lui Hercule cu centaurul Nessus
Cain in the Spell of Satan