Oil on canvas, 112cm by 150.5cm.
The Book of Genesis tells of Rebecca, chosen by Eliezer as a suitable wife for his master Abraham’s son Isaac, after she had displayed kindness in drawing water from a well that he and his camels might drink their fill; upon which he gave her a golden nose ring and bracelets.
Cavedoni, who came from Modena, worked in Rome under Guido Reni (1575-1642) for a year, before becoming one of the main assistants to Ludovico Carracci (1555-1619).
This painting was bought by Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725-1793) from the Barberini Palace in Rome as by Agostino Carracci (1557-1602).
