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Jacob’s Dream, Ary de Vois, 1660 - 1680
Ary de Vois, portraitAry de VoisDutch, 1680

Jacob’s Dream

1660 - 1680 · Painting

Can I see it?

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Where is “Jacob’s Dream” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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

Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the painting

The Bible recounts how one night Jacob lay down on a stone to sleep. He dreamt that he saw a ladder reaching up to heaven with God’s angels going up and down. When he awoke, Jacob vowed to use the stone to build an altar in that place, which he called Bethel (‘House of God’). De Vois painted Jacob’s almost naked body as smooth as porcelain. The once green leaves have turned blue because the yellow pigment in them has disappeared over time.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
SK-A-704

What it shows

Jacob's dreamUsually with God at the top of the ladderDog

In the catalog

PaintingsOilDutch paintingBaroque17th century

Sources

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On view at Rijksmuseum

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