Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Paul Gauguin’s Vision after the Sermon, or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel.

Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon, or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1888, oil on canvas, 2′ 4 3/4″ × 3′ 1/2″ (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh)