Art, literature & history
The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel
c. 1829
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 42.5 x 31.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 9/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1997.44.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Josef von Führich. The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel. Josef von Führich; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Josef_von_F%C3%BChrich,_The_Meeting_of_Jacob_and_Rachel,_c._1829,_NGA_98941.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel — Josef von Führich. c. 1829.
Medium: graphite on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 42.5 x 31.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 9/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1997.44.1. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.