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Jacob's Ladder
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Jacob's Ladder

anonymous · 1500 - 1600 · engraving; paper

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

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Jacob sleeps against a stone and dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven, along which angels ascend and descend. In the upper left corner, a light halo with the text Jehovah (mirror image) as a symbol of God the Father. In the upper right, a reference to Genesis 28 in mirror image.

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Credit lineJakobsladder. 1500 - 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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