# Isaac Blessing Jacob

- By: Govert Flinck (Cleves, 1615–1660)
- Date: c. 1638
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: frame: height 141 cm x width 165.5 cm x depth 10 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-110--2b54bb1686497ef82c03b86ae456c272)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/LkKRz/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Bible recounts how Jacob, pretending to be his brother Esau, tricked their blind father into bestowing Esau’s rightful blessing on him. The idea of imitating Esau’s hirsute arms by wearing animal-skin gloves came from their mother Rebecca, who looks on from behind the bed. Flinck derived both this painting technique and narrative style from Rembrandt, by whom he was trained.