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Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

oil painting by Rembrandt, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel in Kassel
VisualArtwork painting Q1679544
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
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Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph

Summary

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is the creator of Rembrandt[3].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's religion is recorded as Christianity[4].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's instance of is recorded as painting[6].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is owned by Andries de Graeff[7].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is owned by William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel[8].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is owned by Hesse[9].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is associated with the Dutch Golden Age painting movement[10].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is associated with the Baroque movement[11].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's genre is religious art[12].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's depicts is recorded as Jacob[13].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's depicts is recorded as Blessing of Jacob[14].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is made of oil paint[15].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is made of canvas[16].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's collection is recorded as Hessen Kassel Heritage[17].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's collection is recorded as Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[18].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's inventory number is recorded as 249[19].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph took place at Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[20].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph took place at Netherlands[21].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's Commons category is recorded as Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph (Rembrandt)[22].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's catalog code is recorded as 22[23].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's catalog code is recorded as 277[24].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's catalog code is recorded as 245[25].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's catalog code is recorded as 26[26].
  • Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's catalog code is recorded as 525[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph is the creator of Rembrandt[3].

Publication

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's genre is religious art[12].

Subject and Themes

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph's main subject is Blessing of Jacob[28]. Movements include Dutch Golden Age painting[10] and Baroque[11].

Material and Period

Recorded made from material include oil paint[15] and canvas[16]. Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph dates from the Baroque[29]. Recorded location include Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister[20] and Netherlands[21].

Why It Matters

Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (104 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Germany Hesse Netherlands public domain Rembrandt

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . RKDimages. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . datenbank.museum-kassel.de. datenbank.museum-kassel.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Oursana · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → oil painting by Rembrandt, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel in Kassel
    Image → Rembrandt - Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph - WGA19117
    Bildindex der kunst und architektur id → ['00000541', '32044974']
    Catalog code → 22, 277, 245 +6
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P528]]: 18"
  2. 6w ago · Oursana · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → http://www.museum-kassel.de/index_navi.php?parent=1136, http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/48080/ja
    Catalog code → 22, 277, 245 +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: http://www.rembrandtdatabase.org/Rembrandt/painting/48080/jacob-blessing-manasseh-and-ephraim"
  3. 6w ago · Oursana · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → religious art
    Instance of → —
    Inception → +1656-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Made from material → oil paint, canvas
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P528]]: 22"
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