Jacob's Dream
Jusepe de Ribera
Jusepe de Ribera was a Spanish Tenebrist painter and printmaker, also known as José de Ribera and Josep de Ribera. He also was called Lo Spagnoletto by his contemporaries and early writers.
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Title:Jacob's Dream
Artists:Jusepe de Ribera
Date:1639; Naples, Italy
Style:Baroque
Genre:religious painting
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Dimensions:233×179 cm
Copyright:Public domain
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).
It measures 179 by 233 centimetres (70 in × 92 in) and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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.
It measures 179 by 233 centimetres (70 in × 92 in) and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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.