Artist Lo Spagnoletto | Year 1639 | |
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Dimensions 179 cm × 233 cm (70 in × 92 in) Location | ||
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).
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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.
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