Zurbarán's Jacob and His Twelve Sons:

Paintings from Auckland Castle

The Frick Collection presents an ambitious series of thirteen paintings that depict life-size figures from the Old Testament. 

The prophetic poem "The Blessings of Jacob" from the Book of Genesis was Zurbarán’s primary source for the imagery of the life-size figures, each of which is rendered with a strong sense of individuality while forming part of a cohesive, choreographed group. Painted in the 1640s, the early history of the set remains unknown.