Identification Title(s) Jacob's ladder Object type print Object number RP-P-1961-996 Catalogue reference New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 288b-1(4)Remark: fragment Bartsch 36-2(3), van gehele plaat (B-1)Remark: fragment Hollstein Dutch 36-2(3), van gehele plaat (B-1)Remark: fragment Inscriptions / marks signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1655’ mark: Lugt 2228 mark: ‘Max Hausdorff’Lugt 4071
Creation Artist printmaker: 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 72 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
Acquisition and rights Credit line Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland Acquisition bequest 1961 Copyright Public domain
Documentation Rembrandt, dl. II, p. 248, cat.nr. 288b Rembrandt van Rijn, Christopher White, cat.nr. 36
Persistent URL To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.35756
