Artwork Description:
A set of four paintings depicting the Matriarchs. From left to right:
Panel 1 - Sarah
Focuses upon Abrahams wife Sarah. Her insight and depth of wisdom, and the people and stories that
surround her.
Panel 2 - Rebecca
Isaacs wife Rebeccas beauty and grace and the tumultuous and prophetic birth of her twin sons Jacob
and Esau.
Panel 3 - Leah
Leahs marital deception and her relationship with her husband Jacob and sister Rachel.
Panel - Rachel
Jacob's second wife, Rachel, holds a mandrake (symbol of fertility) and stands before the curtain that
covers her Tomb. Leah looks over her shoulder. The painting focuses on Rachels initial childlessness,
her death in childbirth while bearing Benjamin and the legacy of Joseph.