Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770
Jacob's Dream
fresco — 1726 - 1729
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo biography
This work is linked to Genesis 28:12
Art and the Bible - Genesis 28 - Old Testament
Genesis 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the
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Ceiling painting of one of the rooms of the Episcopal palace in Udine, decorated by Tiepolo.
Jacob has fled the parental home after a fight with his brother Esau. On his way to his uncle Laban's house, Jacob dreams of angels coming down a ladder from Heaven. On top of the ladder is God, promising the land Canaan to Jacob and his descendants.
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