Centsprent: De twaalf Aartsvaderen, de Zonen Jacobs ziet / Men hier ten Trappenrei gesteld … No. 185.

Beschrijving

Religious print showing a set of stairs with on thirteen steps Jacob and his sons, the patriarchs (aartsvaders): Benjamin, Joseph, Naphtali, Asser, Gad, Dan, Isachar, Zabulon, Juda, Levi, Simion, and Ruben. In the arch under the stairs Jacob’s dream, with angels ascending and descending the ladder (Gen. 28:10-19).Inspired by a copper engraving by Ottens (Boerma p. 492). Turnhout, Glenisson en zonen (1856 – 1900); numbered ‘No 185.’ in bottom right corner. The print is published without an address, but the publishing house of Glenisson can be identified by the ‘G’ at the bottom, the sign that was used after his company with Van Genechten had been disbanded in 1856.