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Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?), 1641. Etching on paper.
Three figures in long robes gather beside an arched doorway. Closely spaced etched lines describe their clothing and the steps, contrasting with the open, lightly marked wall above.
Etching on paper · Plate/image: 14.3 × 11.1 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)
- Artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Date
- 1641
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Plate/image: 14.3 × 11.1 cm (5 11/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 11.4 cm (5 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1606–1669
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.