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Jacob’s Dream
The Bible recounts how one night Jacob lay down on a stone to sleep. He dreamt that he saw a ladder reaching up to heaven with God’s angels going up and down. When he awoke, Jacob vowed to use the stone to build an altar in that place, which he called Bethel (‘House of God’). De Vois painted Jacob’s almost naked body as smooth as porcelain. The once green leaves have turned blue because the yellow…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/71C3121
- http://iconclass.org/34B11
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/71C3121
- http://iconclass.org/34B11
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1660 - 1680
- 1660/1680
- 1660/1680
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
- fourth quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6995
- SK-A-704
Extent
- height 22 cm
- width 29.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:31.757Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:16.151Z