Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Jacob's Dream
Alternate Title:
Le Songe de Jacob
Image View:
Detail, angels move up and down ladder
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note:
36 Avenue Docteur Ménard
GPS:
43.709167 7.269536
Date:
1960-1966 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
195 cm (height) x 278 cm (width)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); Old Testament and Apocrypha; Angels; Bible; Jacob (Biblical patriarch); dreams; dreamlike; folkloric
Description:
In a dream, Jacob the patriarch sees angels moving up and down a ladder. The painting shows two clearly delineated scenes, linked only by the curve of the hill on which Jacob slumbers. To the left, angels are shown dancing like acrobats in a nod to Chagall's love of the circus and showcasing the deep ties that the artist drew between the profane and the sacred. To the right, an angel clad in white, the color of the divine, carries a lit candelabrum, the hopeful light of the divine message. (Source: Chagall Museum [website]; http://en.musees-nat ionaux-alpesmaritime s.fr/chagall/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-JDR-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Jacob's Dream