The Abduction of Rebecca, 1846, Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (100.3 x 81.9 cm), Paintings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Throughout his career, Delacroix was inspired by the novels of Sir Walter Scott, a favorite author of the French Romantics. This painting depicts a scene from Ivanhoe: the Jewish heroine Rebecca, who had been confined in the castle of Front de Boeuf (seen in flames), is carried off by two Saracen slaves commanded by the covetous Christian knight Bois-Guilbert
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