Abraham's Sacrifice

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Titiaan (after)
,
Valentin Lefèbvre (etchers)
,
Jacobus van Campen (publisher)

Date

1682

Period

17 century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Abraham raises his knife to kill his son Isaac, bound and kneeling down on a pile of wood. An angel dissuades Abraham by grabbing his knife in time. On the left is a donkey, on the right a ram. The print is part of a series of 53 prints after paintings by Titian and Veronese.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Titiaan VIAF RKD Wikidata, Valentin Lefèbvre , Jacobus van Campen
Types etching , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 351 x 302 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-JN-2
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, story of Abraham Iconclass, story of Isaac Iconclass, the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) Iconclass, Abraham picks up the knife to kill Isaac Iconclass, when Abraham has his hand raised to kill Isaac, an angel restrains Abraham's hand Iconclass, the ram of the sacrifice ~ sacrifice of Isaac Iconclass, ass, donkey Iconclass, ram Iconclass, angels Iconclass, tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: knife Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-JN-2
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/9011/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-JN-2
Vlaamse Kunstcollectie - EN

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