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Jacob's ladder, Vision de l'Escelle de Jacob (title on object), History of Jacob and Esau (series title), Histoire de Esaeu et de Jacob (series title on object), 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 representation is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Gen. 28. Part of a series of 4 prints of the history of Jacob and Esau. Numbered lower right: 3. Part of an album of mainly Christian depictions., print maker: anonymous, after drawing by: Maerten de Vos, after print by: anonymous, 1580 - 1621, paper, engraving, height 137 mm × width 183 mm, height 298 mm × width 182 mm