This print depicts two male figures engaged in physical struggle. The man on the left has two long wings that stretch out to either side. He faces us, and has brown hair that flows around his face, a straight nose, and full lips in a neutral expression. He is looking down at the other man, with one arm around the other man's neck and one leg wrapped around his leg. The other man is on the right and slightly in front of the winged man. He has shorter dark hair, and most of his face is in shadow, facing the left. He has both arms tightly wrapped around the winged man's waist, and his legs are…
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La Lutte de Jacob (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)

Léon Bonnat (French, 1833 - 1922)

1876

Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
image: 19.6 x 13.2 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.) ; sheet: 26.3 x 16.9 cm (10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
René Huyghe Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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