"Jacob's Dream" ( Italian: Il sogno di Giacobbe ) - a painting by the Italian painter Domenico Fetti (1589-1623), a representative of the Baroque era. Created around 1619 . It is stored in the collection of the Museum of the History of Art in Vienna (inv. No. GG 3819).
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| Domenico Fetti | ||
| The dream of Jacob . OK. 1619 | ||
| ital. Il sogno di giacobbe | ||
| poplar board, oil. 60.5 × 44.5 cm | ||
| Museum of the History of Art , Vienna | ||
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It was acquired in Antwerp by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614–1662) from the collection of the Duke of Buckingham for the Prague collection of Emperor Ferdinand III in 1648 . Since 1879 , kept in the Imperial Gallery in Vienna.
Observation of the "natural" truth, mastered thanks to Caravaggio , and absolutely "spiritual" manner of painting, in which color dissolves in the light, are combined in the picture to give credibility to the vision: while traveling, Jacob fell asleep on the way with his dog and saw in a dream angels who go down and up the stairs .
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Literature
- Wolfgang Prohaska. Vienna Museum of the History of Art. Painting". - London: Scala Publishers, 2011 .-- 128 p. - ("Museums of the world"). - 7000 copies. - ISBN 978-34-065-2756-2 .