Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

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painting religious painting

"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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel canonical 1
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Eugène Delacroix 1
La Lutte de Jacob avec l’ange 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
19thCenturyWork true ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance major work of French Romantic religious painting ⓘ
biblicalReference Genesis 32:22–32 ⓘ
commissionedFor Église Saint‑Sulpice ⓘ
surface form: 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 Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

divine encounter ⓘ
faith ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
spiritual struggle ⓘ
heightInMeters 4.85 ⓘ
inspiredBy Bible ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
installedIn Chapel of the Holy Angels ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
locatedInBuilding Église Saint‑Sulpice ⓘ
surface form: Church of Saint-Sulpice
locatedInCity Paris ⓘ
locatedInCountry France ⓘ
medium oil paint ⓘ
mediumSupport oil on wall ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
orientation landscape ⓘ
originalTitle Jacob Wrestling with the Angel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eugène Delacroix → notableWork → Jacob Wrestling with the Angel ⓘ
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel → originalTitle → Jacob Wrestling with the Angel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Lutte de Jacob avec l’ange
Église Saint‑Sulpice → hasArtwork → Jacob Wrestling with the Angel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel by Eugène Delacroix