Landscape with Jacob Sleeping — Annibale Carracci | DiscoverArt

Annibale Carracci

Landscape with Jacob Sleeping

1560–1609

Pen and two tones of brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, over traces of leadpoint or black chalk

41.4 × 26.3 cm (16.3 × 10.4 in)

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