Nicolas Dipre

The painting Jacob's Ladder, showing the patriarch Jacob resting beside a road and seeing in a dream a ladder connecting earth to heaven. Nicolas Dipre (; sometimes also Nicolas d'Amiens, Nicolas d'Ypres, fl. –1532) was a French early Renaissance painter. Among the Avignon artists of the late 15th and early 16th century, Nicola Dipre is among the most famous.

Life and works Nicolas Dipre was born in Paris. His family tree is not fully explored but it's presumed he came from a family of artists. The first written record of his existence dates from 1495, when he lived in Avignon, The Nativity of the Virgin Scenes from the Life of Mary Meeting of Anne and Joachim at the Golden Gate (1499) The Adoration of the Shepherds