Jacob’s Flock Prospers
Author: Solis, Virgil, 1514-1562
Image Title: Jacob’s Flock Prospers
Scripture Reference:
- Genesis 30 (further images / scripture text)
Description: Jacob places striped branches before Laban’s unspotted sheep and goats in order to increase the number of spotted and dark colored animals in his own herd. In the background, the barren Rachel offers her maidservant, Bilhah, to Jacob. The artist, Virgil Solis (1514-1562), has placed his monogram (VS) in the lower left corner of the woodcut.
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