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.

Fisherman on Bank
Jacob van Strij (Dutch, 1756-1815) After Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)

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

The Adoration of the Christ Child
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, c. 1470/75–by 1533) Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, c. 1470/75–by 1533)

Four Servants, part of Telemachus Leading Theoclymenus to Penelope from The Story of Odysseus
After a design by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678) Woven at the workshop of Jan van Leefdael (1603–1668) Brussels

Cottage at the Top of a Hill
Jacob van Ruisdael Dutch, 1628/29-1682

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

Feeling, plate five from The Five Senses
Jacob van der Heyden Flemish, 1573-1645

The Builders
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

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

Free Clinic
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen (Netherlandish, c. 1470/75–by 1533)

Simon Vouet
Robert van Voerst (Flemish, 1597-1636/37) after Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)

Smell, plate three from The Five Senses
Jacob van der Heyden Flemish, 1573-1645

The Bedroom
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

Taste, plate four from The Five Senses
Jacob van der Heyden Flemish, 1573-1645

Virginia Interior
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000

Harlem Street Scene
Jacob Lawrence American, 1917-2000