Rebecca went to the well outside her city and encountered a stranger who identified her as the answer to his prayers. The backstory, according to Genesis 24:11–22, is that the aged Abraham wanted a wife for his son Isaac and sent his senior steward to his homeland of Mesopotamia to find a suitable woman.
Along the left edge of the composition and on the far side of the well, a man with
A Nurse and a Child in an Elegant Foyer , signed and dated 1663, represents Jacob Ochtervelt at his artistic height. It depicts a young boy about three years old offering alms to a family of beggars.
Beyond the entryway, a man and woman look on from a room with a landscape painting
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half of the composition, and the picture she paints, on the right, shows a smiling man
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Inside, a bearded man with a halo sits on a bench facing our right in profile as
One of the earliest Italian group portraits, this painting depicts Cardinal Bandinello Sauli and three companions gathered around a table covered with a Turkish carpet. Set within a narrow space closed off by a rich green wall hanging, the figures appear to have been discussing the geography manuscript lying open before them.
The third man, Cardinal Sauli, sits at the narrow end of the table to our left, and
