Title

'The meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca at the well', 19th century. Creator: H Robinson.

Caption

'The meeting of Eliezer and Rebecca at the well', 19th century. Biblical scene, from Genesis 24: 22: 'And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold'. Abraham's servant Eliezer gives Rebecca jewels to seal her betrothal to Isaac, after she had demonstrated kindness in offering water to Eliezer's camels. Engraving after a painting of 1701 by Antoine Coypel, in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Date

1800

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F34_500

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

62,4Mo (4,6Mo) / 33,2cm x 47,1cm / 3924 x 5562 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal water female woman people male job man men animals religious marriage religion guy occupation belief faith Christianity Judaism Jewish camel camels jewellery jewelry gift present century bracelet well profession presenting giving jug kindness concept watering hole kind servant betrothal Old Testament 19th century B W 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century servants The Print Collector Antoine Coypel Rebecca engraving Rebekah H Robinson Eliezer Robinson H Coypel Antoine Anthony Coypel presented H. Robinson Robinson H. Rebeccah