Jacob lies asleep against a stone and dreams of a ladder reaching into heaven, along which angels ascend and descend. At the top of the ladder the tetragram as a symbol of God the Father. Below the scene is a Latin reference to the Bible text in Gen. 28, Jacob's Ladder History of Jacob and Esau Theatrum biblicum , intermediary draughtsman: Maerten de Vos, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), Amsterdam, 1579 and/or 1639, paper, engraving, h 215 mm × w 268 mm

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