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| Keywords: Giorgio Vasari II - Jacob's Dream - Walters 372508.jpg As recounted in the Old Testament book of Genesis on his way to Haran Jacob lay down in the wilderness to sleep resting his head on a stone He dreamed of angels ascending and descending a stairway or ladder to heaven here depicted as a monumental Renaissance-style staircase God then appeared and blessed Jacob and his descendants This large panel apparently intended for a ceiling was done by the painter architect and author Giorgio Vasari for the Florentine Marsilio degli Albizi in 1558 The figures of God the Father and Jacob are based on famous frescoes by Michelangelo 1475-1564 and Raphael 1483-1520 in the Vatican Vasari wrote the first history of Italian art in which he praised these Roman frescoes as the culmination of the art of painting His references to them in his painting are another form of homage Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 215 331-333 between 1557 1558 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface cm 224 6 237 3 5 accession number 37 2508 17863 Guglielmo del Tovaglia or Marsilio degli Albizi Florence 1558 Justice James A Murnaghan Dublin 1930 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of the Dr Francis D Murnaghan Fund 1973 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Paintings by Giorgio Vasari Jacob's ladder Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
