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Jacob's Ladder
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Jacob's Ladder

1645 - 1646 · letterpress printing; plakken; woodcut (process); paper

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

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Jacob lies sleeping against a stone and dreams of a ladder reaching into the heavens, along which angels ascend and descend. At the top of the ladder God the Father. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratiealbumblad
Credit lineJakobsladder. 1645 - 1646. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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