Droom van Jakob

1523 - 1526 · Print

May one see it?

Unknown

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source: The museum

On the map Museum page

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Dutch

Jakob ligt te slapen met zijn hoofd rustend op een steen in een landschap. Hij droomt over een ladder die naar de hemel reikt, deze staat naast de steen en drie engelen gaan naar boven of naar beneden. Bovenaan de ladder in de wolken staat God.

Rijksmuseum

Particulars

Accession number: RP-P-1915-1461

What it shows

The dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reaching from earth to heaven with angels going up and down Usually with God at the top of the ladder

In the catalog

Prints Renaissance 16th century

Sources

Rijksmuseum
Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain

Meanwhile, in the life of Lucas Cranach

The whole life

1505–1547
Post: court painter
1522
Publication of Luther's September Testament
Together with his business partner, the goldsmith Christian Döring, he was responsible for publishing the September Testament — Luther's translation of the Bible with illustrations by Cranach.
1524
Dürer's Portrait of Cranach
Albrecht Dürer made a drawing — a portrait of Cranach in silverpoint.
1525
Witness at Luther's Wedding
Together with his wife, he was a witness at the wedding of Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora.
1526
Godfather to Luther's Son
He became godfather to Luther's firstborn, Johannes "Hans" Luther, born in 1526.