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Nicolas-Guy Brenet
Isaac Blessing Jacob1768

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Oil painting of three figures: a bare-chested elderly man reclining on a bed with one arm raised, a younger kneeling man in orange and blue robes at his side, and a woman watching from a rocky opening
Artist or Maker
Nicolas-Guy Brenet
France, Paris, 1728-1792
Title
Isaac Blessing Jacob
Place Made
France
Date Made
1768
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 21 × 25 3/8 in. (53.34 × 64.45 cm) Frame: 28 × 32 × 2 1/2 in. (71.12 × 81.28 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided Anonymously in memory of Dr. Charles Henry Strub, Eugene V. Klein, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Richeson by exchange
Accession Number
M.2000.96
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Darreau, Pierre-Henri. "Nicolas-Guy Brenet et la Renouveau de la Penture d'Histoire." L'Estampille/L'Objet d'Art no. 507 (December 2014): 60-69.