Art, literature & history
Jacob's Ladder
1655
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- etching, burin and drypoint
- Dimensions
- image: 10.6 × 7 cm (4 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.4 × 7.7 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.7210
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Rembrandt van Rijn. Jacob's Ladder. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Jacob's Ladder — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1655.
Medium: etching, burin and drypoint.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 10.6 × 7 cm (4 3/16 × 2 3/4 in.) sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.4 × 7.7 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.7210. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.