ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist
Caspar Hirth
(German, active 17th century)
Jacob's Ladder
Date1648
Credit LineGift of Grace and Albert Stone
Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 19.1 cm)
Object number2008.022.002
Exhibition HistoryGod Spoke the Earth: Stories of Genesis in Prints and Drawings, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 13 - December 7, 2014ProvenanceEx coll. Albert and Grace Stone, United States.
InscribedTranslated from German:
Jacob in his dream sees a ladder
which reaches up into the sky
the angels climbing up and down
a great hope god gave us then
that Jesus Christ to us came down
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Works of Art on Paper
ca. 1608
W.C. (monogramist)
16th Century
