Jacob’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Near la Cava, from Suite de IV Vues Dessinées Dans le Roiaume de Naples
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Group of People on a Terrace
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

The Bridge of San Paolo
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Fir Tree
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Weeping Willow
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Italian Peasant Girl
Possibly Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Rocks and Water
Attributed to or after Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

Tower with Man Walking
Jacob Philipp Hackert German, 1737-1807

The Wedding
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917–2000

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

The Music Lesson
Jacob Ochtervelt (Dutch, 1634-1682)

Confrontation at the Bridge
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

The Builders
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

The Temptation of the Magdalene
Jacob Jordaens (Flemish, 1593-1678)

Free Clinic
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

Landscape with the Ruins of the Castle of Egmond
Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/29-1682)

Virginia Interior
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

Harlem Street Scene
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

Nude Old Man Seated, Leaning on His Forearm, Facing Left
Jacob Jordaens Flemish, 1593-1678

Three Oriental Figures (Jacob and Laban?)
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669