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Jacob’s Ladder
Public Domain

Rembrandt van Rijn

Jacob’s Ladder

1655

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Rembrandt van Rijn

Jacob’s Ladder

1655

Physical Qualities Etching, drypoint, and engraving, Sheet: 110 x 75 mm. (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series From Manasseh Ben Israel's "Piedra Gloriosa de la estatua de Nebuchadnesar" (Amsterdam, 1655)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.7824
Judaic Museum of Washington, "The Jews in the Age of Rembrandt," 1981, cat. 40, p. 71 (illus).

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Rembrandt: The Museum's Collection," 15 January - 21 April, 1991.

BMA, "The Age of Rembrandt: Distinguished Prints from the Collection," 12 February - 13 April 1997.

Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Rembrandt. f. 1655." Verso: lower center in graphite "4"; lower left below University Library Cambridge mark, stamped in black ink, "AD.12.40-4"; lower left in graphite "101"; lower left in graphite "39944"; lower right in graphite "P2,4 for FHY"

Markings: CM: University Library, Cambridge (Lugt 2475); Claghorn

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