Jacob's ladder, detail from the ceiling of the stanza d'Eliodoro designed by Raphael
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1718
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
292 x 495 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.100
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-4-38
Summary
(Folio 42, recto) Jacob's ladder, detail from the ceiling of the stanza d'Eliodoro designed by Raphael: Jacob sleeping on the left and, beyond, to right, the angels walking up and down the steps leading to God.
Marks and inscriptions
Within image: Lettered within image with production detail: 'Raphael Sanctius Urbinas invenit et pinxit in Vaticano' and 'Joannes Alex.r delin: et sculp: Romae A. D. 1718', and alongside the bottom a quote from the Bible (Gen. XXVIII, 13).
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator John Alexander (Aberdeen 1686 - c.1766), creator