Jacob's Dream Explained

Jacob’s Dream
Artist:	Lo Spagnoletto
Year:	1639
Medium:	Oil on canvas
Height Metric:	179
Width Metric:	233
Height Imperial:	70
Width Imperial:	92
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Madrid
Museum:	Museo del Prado
Other Language 1:	Spanish
Other Title 1:	El sueño de Jacob

Jacob's Dream (Spanish; Castilian: '''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 179cmx233cmcm (70inchesx92inchescm) 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.

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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacob's Dream . Museo del Prado.