Abraham's sacrifice

Title

Abraham's sacrifice

Draughtsman

• Giovanni Bilivert

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite?
• chalk?
• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?
• red chalk drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• Florentine

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten (mit der Feder in Schwarz): No 1. / No 133. Antonio Biliverti o Bilivelti. nato Code[unleserlich] / Scuola di Firenze.
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

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