LEFEBVRE, Jules-Joseph
(b. 1834, Tournan, d. 1911, Paris)

Rachel

1888
Oil on panel, 57 x 29 cm
Private collection

Jules-Joseph Lefebvre is best known as a romantic allegorical painter who specialized in genre scenes, portraits, and nudes. Elegant young women were his preferred subject throughout his long and distinguished career. The present work presents a beautiful young woman as the biblical figure Rachel, the wife of Jacob who was renowned for her beauty.




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