Jacob's Dream

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] It measures 179 by 233 centimetres (70 in × 92 in) and is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

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.

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