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Dark etching of a sleeping man in the lower left and robed figures on a diagonal ladder or stair at right, lit by strong contrast.

Jacob's Ladder

A dark etching in deep chiaroscuro shows a sleeping man reclining at lower left while robed figures rise and descend along a diagonal ladder or stair at right. Fine hatched lines model the robes and light falling across the scene, with a faint signature at lower left.

Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1655
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2765 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rembrandt died 1669 and the work dates by 1655; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rembrandt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Español: La escalera de Jacob, aguafuerte de Rembrandt

Un aguafuerte oscuro en claroscuro intenso muestra a un hombre dormido recostado en la parte inferior izquierda, mientras figuras con túnicas suben y bajan por una escalera diagonal a la derecha. Finas líneas cruzadas modelan los ropajes y la luz que cae sobre la escena, con una firma tenue en la esquina inferior izquierda.

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