The Departure of Jacob
c. 1755
- Medium
- Pen and brown-black ink, brown ink wash, and red chalk wash, with black chalk on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 34.8 × 23.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-191512
François Boucher was known for romantic, idealized pastoral scenes and produced relatively few religious works. This drawing, however, is believed to relate to the Old Testament story in which Jacob travels to Canaan with his family. Boucher used a limited palette of brown, red, and black to create dramatic shadows and highlights. The family is seen basking in the dappled sunlight that illuminates the mother and her baby as they rest beneath a palm tree. The sheet may have served as a preparatory study for a similar painting by Boucher that is lost today and known only through a reproductive …
Provenance
Holden Funds, 1981.58
Registry history
- c. 1755 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — drawings
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