LOTH, Johann Karl
(b. 1632, München, d. 1698, Venezia)

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well

1670s
Oil on canvas, 123 x 159 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The painting depicts a story from the Genesis: the servant of Abraham, who was sent to Mesopotamia to look for a wife to Isaac, Abraham's son, selects the the charming girl who gave water to him and his camels.