Cleveland Museum of Art
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Francesco GuardiLinkedCulture matchlcp-64d9ac2ab41a
- Date
- 1750s
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italy, 18th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 129802
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This series of paintings primarily tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of the canvases depicts the interaction of humans and angels. In three works, angels appear to Abraham, and in one particularly dramatic canvas, an angel intercepts Abraham before he sacrifices his own son. Like another work in this series, Tobias and the Angels, the Sacrifice of Isaac is a narrative about fathers and sons as well as obedience inspired by faith.
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- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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