Virgil SolisGerman, 1514–1562Jakobsladder
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Dutch
Op de voorgrond Jakobs droom van een tot de hemel reikende ladder waarlangs engelen omhoogklimmen en afdalen. Links Jakob die na zijn ontwaking de door hem als hoofdkussen gebruikte steen begiet met olie. Op de achtergrond zijn ontmoeting met Rachel met haar vaders schapen.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-22.026(R)
What it shows
Landscape with ruinsJacob awakes, anoints the stone and names the place BethelThe 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 downUsually with God at the top of the ladderJacob sees Rachel coming to the well to water Laban's sheep
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
