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17 Ribera Jacob's Dream
1639
Oil on canvas, 179 x 233 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
This work by Ribera has particular interest because it conspicuously avoids the usual iconography of Jacob's dream, involving a ladder. Instead, the dream is suggested merely by vaporous, golden figures who might almost be part of the real sky. But the setting of the dreamer, and the play of light on his sleeping face, impart a portentous and mysterious mood to the scene.
....Web Gallery Of Art
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