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Rebekah (Biblical matriarch)

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  • Rebecca admires the clothes and jewellery given to her by Abraham's servant. Watercolour painting by Juliana Howard, 1824.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.
  • Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.
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    A man and a woman dancing to the sound of a woman playing the flute, watched by a company enjoying a picnic or wedding; a river landscape beyond. Etching by J. Mason, 1748, after Claude Lorraine.

    Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. | Date: Jan. 1748 | Reference: 3055858i
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    Abraham's servant is impressed by the beautiful Rebecca, who stands in white amid the women around the well. Engraving by P.-I. Drevet after N. Coypel.

    Coypel, Noël, the elder, 1628-1707. | Date: [between 1720 and 1729?] | Reference: 20457i
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    Rebecca, standing by the well, holding a ewer. Etching by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [between 1500 and 1599] | Reference: 2952305i
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    A woman carrying an urn on her head while she stoops to pick up a water-jug from the ground. Crayon manner print by P. Massol, 1817, after G.F. Reverdin after N. Poussin.

    Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. | Date: [1817] | Reference: 3063606i
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    Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.

    Skeitz. | Reference: 15889i
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