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Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)
1888 · Oil on canvas · National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
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The field is red because it is not a field. Behind the women, across a slanting apple bough, Jacob wrestles with the angel on ground the colour of fire, the angel's wings a hard chrome yellow, and a cow wanders past as if nothing were happening. In front, the women of Pont-Aven in their white coifs have bowed their heads; the nearest has joined her hands and shut her eyes, and at the right edge a tonsured head leans in among them. Paul Gauguin painted it in Brittany in 1888, and the National Galleries of Scotland, which bought it in 1925, record that the women have just heard a sermon on Jacob and the angel, and that the flat shapes and bold colour were his break with Impressionism. Jacob wrestled till the morning and would not let go without a blessing. The women have brought the fight home from church, behind their closed eyes.
Sources: National Galleries of Scotland, 'Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel)', NG 1643; read 2026-10-15. · Douay-Rheims Bible, Genesis 32 (drbo.org).
He remained alone; and behold, a man wrestled with him till morning.
Genesis 32:24 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
The Record
The original, as its museum records it
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The file this print is made from
| Artist | Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) |
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| Date | 1888 |
| Museum | National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Accession | NG 1643 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 72.20 x 91.00 cm; Framed: 96.00 x 116.70 x 8.30 cm / 21.00 kg |
| Sheet sizes | 8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 32×48 in |
| Held by | National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh · NG 1643 the museum’s record |
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| Source file | Wikimedia Commons · La vision après le sermon (Paul Gauguin).jpg |
| Licence | Public domain |
| Master | 5,000 × 3,918 px, the file our printer receives |
| Chain | Taken from Wikimedia Commons on 15 October 2026; held as our print master. |
The sheets
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 5,000 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.