Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?) by Rembrandt van Rijn: Print in black ink of three bearded men dressed in voluminous cloth hats. A fourth man in a ta…

What to notice

Find the relationship among the three turbaned figures through their hands and glances; dense ink accents give the uncertain biblical encounter its visual argument.

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Print in black ink of three bearded men dressed in voluminous cloth hats. A fourth man in a tall cloth hat leans out of a doorway or window in apparent conversation with the others.