Jacob Wrestles with the Angel by French artist Gustave Doré. 'When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestle ...

For instance, Rembrandt painted the scene in 1659, in one of his most famous pieces, entitled Jacob Wrestles the Angel. The piece is fascinating because it does not depict Jacob and the angel in a ...

‘JACOB WRESTLING with the Angel,’ fresco of Eugène Delacroix. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) The ish who wrestles with Jacob is often identified as the guardian angel of Esau (Rashi, citing ...