Jacob's Dream

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Jacob's Dream (Template:Langx) is a 1639 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish Tenebrist painter José de Ribera (Lo Spagnoletto).[1]

Description

It measures Script error: No such module "convert". and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

Analysis

Jacob appears as a shepherd sleeping, resting on his left shoulder with a tree behind him. In the background on the other side is the ladder that he sees in his dream. It is not a wooden ladder but a ladder of light, by which angels are ascending and descending.

References

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External links

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