Jacob and the Angel
1977
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View on museum website →Medium
oil wash and crayon on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 52.07 × 41.28 cm (20 1/2 × 16 1/4 in.) sheet: 66.04 × 50.8 cm (26 × 20 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Betsy Karel)
Accession Number
2015.19.241
About the Artist
Jacob Kainen
Jacob Kainen was born on December 7, 1909, in Waterbury, Connecticut, to Russian immigrant parents who nurtured his cultural interests; his father was an inventor, and his mother instilled a love of music and literature. The family relocated to New York City in 1918, where Kainen immersed himself in art through newspaper clippings and visits to the Metropolitan Museum. After graduating from DeWitt...