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Jacob’s Dream
Spanish: El sueño de Jacob
ArtistLo Spagnoletto
Year1639
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions179 cm × 233 cm (70 in × 92 in)
LocationMuseo 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).

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

  1. "Jacob's Dream". Museo del Prado.

External links

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  • On display at El Greco Museum in Toledo
  • On display at Museo de América in Madrid
  • On display at the Spanish Embassy in Paris
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