Ladder to heaven seen by the biblical patriarch Jacob in a dream; popular theme in art commonly confused with Joseph's dream

Allegory of dreams: a man half skeleton and half flesh is reclining in a vineyard holding the caduceus and a horn; Jacob's dream of the ladder in the background. Drawing, ca. 1740.

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Jacob's ladder (Biblical dream)

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Allegory of dreams: a man half skeleton and half flesh is reclining in a vineyard holding the caduceus and a horn; Jacob's dream of the ladder in the background. Drawing, ca. 1740.