Oil on canvas, 62.5cm by 44.5cm.
The Old Testament tells of Jacob, the son of Isaac, having a miraculous vision in a dream which showed him a stairway between Heaven and Earth.
Domenico Feti was mainly active in his native Rome, in Venice and Mantua.
Brownlow, 9th Earl of Exeter (1725-1793) lists this painting as having come from the Albani Palace in Rome, from whence he no doubt purchased it.
