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← GOD DAMN
YAH.
The connection
YAH. — song, scripture, image
Artist’s note forthcoming.
The source artwork
Jacob’s Dream
- Artist
- Salvator Rosa
- Date
- Late 1650s
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Collection
- Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth
Not established in the cited sources: dimensions.
Jacob sleeps at the foot of a ladder while angels ascend and descend through the clouds. The rocky landscape makes the dream appear within an otherwise solitary place. Chatsworth dates the painting to the late 1650s; this is the original composition, distinct from later copies held elsewhere.
Artwork record · Chatsworth (opens in a new tab)The artist
Salvator Rosa
1615–1673
Born and trained in Naples, Rosa worked in Florence and Rome. His subjects included landscapes, portraits, allegories and scenes of witchcraft. Broken trees, rocky ground and dramatic weather gave his landscapes an expressive character that later appealed to Romantic painters. He also made etchings and wrote satires.
Artist background · National Gallery, London (opens in a new tab)Genesis 28:10-22
Jacob's Dream at Bethel
10Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran. 11When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13There above it stood the Lord, and he said: "I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." 16When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it." 17He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven." 18Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it. 19He called that place Bethel, though the city used to be called Luz. 20Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear 21so that I return safely to my father's household, then the Lord will be my God 22and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."
