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Landscape with Jacob's ladder
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Landscape with Jacob's ladder

Pieter van der Borcht (I) · 1582 - 1593 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Landscape with a river. In the foreground on the left, the sleeping Jacob with a stone as a pillow. He dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven and of angels climbing up and down. In the clouds, a tetragram replaces the image of God the Father. God promises the land to Jacob's descendants. On the left in the background, Jacob dedicates the stone he used as a headrest by pouring oil over it. He named the place Bethel, House of God (Gen. 28:11). The print is part of an album.

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Credit lineLandschap met Jakobs ladder. 1582 - 1593. Pieter van der Borcht (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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