Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

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"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" is a celebrated 19th-century religious painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting the biblical struggle between Jacob and a divine messenger.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
19thCenturyWork true
artHistoricalSignificance major work of French Romantic religious painting
biblicalReference Genesis 32:22–32
commissionedFor Church of Saint-Sulpice
conservationStatus extant
countryOfOrigin France
creator Eugène Delacroix
creatorNationality French
depicts Jacob
angel
biblical scene
struggle between Jacob and a divine messenger
depictsTimeOfDay night
exhibitedAt Exposition Universelle of 1855
featuresCharacter Jacob
angel of God
genre history painting
religious art
hasArtisticStyle dramatic chiaroscuro
dynamic composition
hasTheme Old Testament
linked to: Bible

divine encounter
faith
perseverance
spiritual struggle
heightInMeters 4.85
inspiredBy Bible
Book of Genesis
installedIn Chapel of the Holy Angels
languageOfTitle French
locatedInBuilding Church of Saint-Sulpice
locatedInCity Paris
locatedInCountry France
medium oil paint
mediumSupport oil on wall
movement Romanticism
notableWorkOf Eugène Delacroix
orientation landscape
originalTitle La Lutte de Jacob avec l’ange
partOf Chapel of the Holy Angels decoration
publicAccess yes
setIn Penuel
surface wall
technique oil on plaster
widthInMeters 6.05
yearCompleted 1855

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Eugène Delacroix notableWork Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel originalTitle La Lutte de Jacob avec l’ange
linked to: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
Église Saint‑Sulpice hasArtwork Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Eugène Delacroix
linked to: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel