Eliezar and Rebecca

Giovanni Coli and Filippo Gherardi collaborated repeatedly throughout their careers. They both trained in the studio of Pietro da Cortona and, together, executed a prodigious number of monumental frescos in Rome, Lucca and Venice, most famously on the dome of San Nicola da Tolentino, and indeed their Venetian experience is evident in the high palette of the present scene. An example of their work on a smaller scale, this canvas was likely intended for a private patron, and shows a scene from Genesis, during which Rebecca arrives at the house of Abraham to meet her intended husband, Isaac.