Jacob's Dream
1639 painting by José de Ribera
Jacob’s Dream | |
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Spanish: El sueño de Jacob | |
Artist | Lo Spagnoletto |
Year | 1639 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 179 cm × 233 cm (70 in × 92 in) |
Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Jacob's Dream (Spanish: El sueño de Jacob) is a 1639 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish Tenebrist painter José de Ribera (Lo Spagnoletto).[1]
Description
It measures 179 by 233 centimetres (70 in × 92 in) 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
- ^ "Jacob's Dream". Museo del Prado.
External links
- El sueño de Jacob, El Prado
- Jusepe de Ribera, 1591-1652 , Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 18-Nov. 29, 1992, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see pages: 135–137).
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Jusepe de Ribera
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- Saint Mary of Egypt (1641)
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