Rebecca and Eleazar at the Well

Francesco Solimena (1657 - 1747)

York Art Gallery

1657 - 1747

In this painting, Rebecca stands at the well on the left-hand side, whilst Eleazar extends his right hand out towards her form the right-hand side of the painting. In the left corner, two camels can be glimpsed. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 146.9 x 121.9cm
• ArtFunded in: 1955
• Presented by F D Lycett Green through The Art Fund

Provenance

F.D. Lycett Green.

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