Fine religious painting by the represantative of Nazarene School was executed in the early 19th century. 

Rebecca, figure from the old testament, was the wife of Isaac and the second matriarch of the four matriarchs of the Jewish people. She was the mother of Jacob and Esau. Rebecca and Isaac were one of the three "pairs" buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, together with Abraham and Sarah and Jacob and Leah.After the Binding of Isaac, Sarah, Abraham´s wife, died. After taking care of her burial, Abraham went about finding a wife for his son Isaac, who was already 37 years old. He commanded his servant Eliezer of Damascus to journey to his birthplace of Aram Naharaim to select a bridefrom his own family, rather than engage Isaac to a local Canaanite girl. Abraham sent along expensive jewelry, clothing and dainties as gifts to the bride and her family. If the girl had refused to follow him, Abraham stated Eliezer would have been absolved of his responsibility.Eliezer devised a test in order to find the right wife for Isaac. As he stood at the central well in Abraham´s birthplace with his men and ten camels laden with goods, he prayed to God:"Let it be the the maiden to whom I shall say, ´Please tip over your jug so I may drink,´ and who replies, ´Drink, and I will even water your camels,´ her will You have designated for Your servant, for Isaac" (Genesis 24:14).To his surprise, a young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebekah continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham´s household.Eliezer immediately gave her a golden nose ring and two golden bracelets (Genesis 24:22), which Rebekah hurried to show her mother. Seeing the jewelry, her brother Laban ran out to greet the guest and bring him inside. Eliezer recounted the oath he made to Abraham and all the details of his trip to and meeting with Rebekah in fine detail, after which Laban and Bethuel agreed that she could return with him. After hosting Eliezer and his men overnight, however, the family tried to keep Rebekah with them longer. Eliezer insisted that they ask the girl herself, and she agreed to go immediately. Her family sent her off with her nurse, Deborah (according to Rashi), and blessed her, "Our sister, may you come to be thousands of myriads, and may your offspring inherit the gate of its foes."As Rebekah and her entourage approached Abraham´s home, they spied Isaac from a distance in the fields of Beer-lahai-roi. The Talmud[1] and the Midrash explain that Isaac was praying, as he instituted Mincha, the afternoon prayer. Seeing such a spiritually exalted man, Rebekah immediately dismounted from her camel and asked Eliezer who he was. When she heard that he was her future husband, she modestly covered herself with a veil. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, married her, and loved her.According to Rashi, the three miracles that characterized Sarah´s tent while she was alive, and that disappeared with her death, reappeared when Rebekah entered the tent. These were: A lamp burned in her tent from Shabbat eve to Shabbat eve, there was a blessing in her dough, and a cloud hovered over her tent (symbolizing the Divine Presence.)

Inscription: unsigned

Technique: oil on wood, luxuriousy original period hand-crafted and gold-plated frame

Measurements:  unframed w 5 " x h 7 1/2 " (12,5 x 19 cm); framed w 9 " x h 12 1/2 " ( 22,5 x 32 cm)

Condition: in very good condition