Identification Title(s) Jacob's ladder Object type print Object number RP-P-OB-89 Catalogue reference New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 288b-2(4)Remark: fragment Bartsch 36-3(3), van gehele plaat (B-2)Remark: fragment Hollstein Dutch 36-3(3), van gehele plaat (B-2)Remark: fragment Inscriptions / marks signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1655’ collector's mark: Lugt 240
Creation Artist print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object) after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn Dating 1655
Material and Technique Material paper Technique etching / drypoint Measurements height 110 mm × width 74 mm
Subject What 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
Documentation Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 249, cat.nr. 288b Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 36
Persistent URL To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.35759
