Abraham sacrifices Isaac

Title

Abraham sacrifices Isaac

Draughtsman

• Tintoretto ?

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel der Sammlung Grégoire Stroganoff, Rom (Lugt 550); Stempel Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1916

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Abraham
• Isaac

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 22,1-19

Primary

• 71C131311 when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, an angel restrains Abraham's hand