Jacob's Dream

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Jacob’s Dream
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).

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[]

• 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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