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"Joseph" (ca.1640–45), by Francisco de Zurbarán. © The Auckland Project/Zurbarán Trust. Photo: Robert LaPrelle

"Benjamin" (c.1640-45) by Francisco de Zurbarán. © Grimsthorpe and Drummond Castle Trust. Photo: Robert LaPrelle

Zurbarán and other works on display in the Long Dining Room at Auckland Castle. © The Auckland Project/Zurbarán Trust. Photo: Colin Davison

"Joseph" (ca.1640–45), by Francisco de Zurbarán. © The Auckland Project/Zurbarán Trust. Photo: Robert LaPrelle

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Zurbarán's Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle

Name: Zurbarán's Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle
Start: 2018-01-31T05:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-04-22T04:00:00.000Z

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Jacob and His Twelve Sons is a series of 13 life-size paintings of Old Testament figures on loan from Auckland Castle during the building's renovations. According to Genesis, Jacob called his 12 sons to his deathbed and bestowed a blessing that foretold their destinies and that of their tribes—the 12 tribes of Israel. These 17th-century Spanish paintings, which Francisco de Zurbarán painted between 1640 and 1644, have never before traveled outside of Europe

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