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- Title:
Rebecca Receiving the Bracelet at the Well
- Former Title(s):
Isaac's servant tying the bracelet on Rebecca's arm [1776, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
Abraham's Servant Tying the Bracelet on Rebecca's Arm
- Date:
- 1775
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 48 3/4 x 63 3/16 inches (123.8 x 160.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black paint, lower right: "B. West | 1775"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.20
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1978.43.20FR
- Subject Terms:
- bracelet | camel (mammal) | costume | gift | love | lovers | men | Old Testament | Rebekah receives ear-rings and golden bracelets from Eliezer | religious and mythological subject | servant | shadows | tying | urn | women
- Associated People:
- Rebekah, wife of Isaac and sister of Laban
Isaac - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:492
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