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Signed Hand Colored Etching by Irving Amen JACOB & THE ANGEL - Description: Original Hand-Colored Etching by important and well listed American artist Irving Amen (1918–2011). Title: JACOB & THE ANGEL Medium: Color Etching on Rives BFK paper; Plate marks still present. Signed: Signed by the artist in the lower right margin ”Amen” (Irving Amen (1918–2011)). Edition: Numbered & Titled by the artist in the lower left margin: #46/200 JACOB AND THE ANGEL; From a limited edition of 200. Depicting: Jacob's Ladder (Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב Sūllām Ya‘aqōv) is a ladder leading to heaven that was featured in a dream the biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28). Genesis 28:12 ”And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.” Frame: Double Matted & Framed under glass. Approx. Size: 24” H x 18” W.