Jacob's Dream
| Jacob’s Dream | |
|---|---|
| El sueño de Jacob (Spanish) | |
 | |
| Artist | Lo Spagnoletto |
| Year | 1639 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| 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).[1]
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.
Influences
The American 20th-century abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler cited Ribera's work as an inspiration for her 1957 painting titled Jacob's Ladder, currently in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York.[2]
References
- ↑ "Jacob's Dream". Museo del Prado.
- ↑ "Helen Frankenthaler. Jacob's Ladder. 1957 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
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).
