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Painting of an old man in white robes blessing two boys at his bedside, watched by a turbaned man and a woman in dark dress under curtains.

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

An elderly man in white robes and a fur-lined mantle reclines in a bed draped with red fabric and lays his hands on the heads of two boys kneeling before him. A turbaned man leans in behind, and a woman in a dark gown with a jeweled headdress watches from the right under dark curtains. Oil painting with warm, glowing light.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1656
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3254 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1656; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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