‘Jacob and His Twelve Sons’: Zurbarán’s Biblical All-Stars. NEW YORK — For much of European art history, religious authorities had the whip hand when it came to painting: They controlled ...

Jews and non-Jews who want to know more about the Bible, the Tanakh, who want to know why biblical figures acted as they did, and about the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob and some of their ...

NEW YORK — For much of European art history, religious authorities had the whip hand when it came to painting: They controlled the imagery, owned the prime real estate and could pay top ducat ...