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Jacob's Dream, Paintings in the Loggia by Raphael, Raphael Bible, Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti, print, album page, Series number, 21, 52, Jacob is sleeping, with his head on a stone. He dreams of a ladder reaching to heaven and down which angels are descending. At the top of the ladder, God the Father hovers. Bible verse below the image. Print is part of an album., number: '143', printmaker: Cesare Fantetti, Italy, after drawing by Cesare Fantetti, after painting by Raphael, Vatican City, publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Rome, grantor of privilege: Papal Court, 1675, Cesare Fantetti, Raphael, Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi, Papal Court, printmaker, after drawing by, after painting by, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 240 mm x width 262 mm, Print is part of a series of 55 prints, consisting of three unnumbered prints and a set of 52 numbered prints after the paintings in the Loggia by Raphael., 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, A monochrome engraving shows a reclining figure in the foreground lying on rough ground and draped fabric, looking upward with one arm extended and the other bent, wearing flowing garments; behind and above this figure a broad staircase ascends into clouds, flanked by large billowing clouds, with multiple winged figures walking up and down the steps and two nearer angels gesturing toward each other on the lower part of the staircase; higher still a bearded figure with flowing hair and robes extends an arm from the clouds toward the top of the stairs; a distant landscape with small buildings and a crescent shape in the sky is visible at the horizon.
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