The Sacrifice of Isaac
The Sacrifice of Isaac

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The Sacrifice of Isaac,

17th century

Italian
x1947-158

Information

Title
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Dates

17th century

Medium
Pen, brown ink and brown wash over red chalk
Dimensions
31 x 20.4 cm (12 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1947-158
Inscription
lower left: partly cancelled illegible eighteenth century inscription of two words
Culture
Italian
Type
drawings
Subject
knives (weapons), men, bible stories, figures (representations), sons, fathers, boys

Sir Joshua Reynolds [Lugt 2364] lower left; H. Baron de Truqueti [Lugt 1304] lower left; Frank Jewett Mather, Jr. [Lugt 1853a] lower right

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