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Abraham and Isaac

Date: 1645
Medium: paper
Institution: Rijksmuseum

How do you face the excruciating task of telling your beloved son that he – rather than a lamb – will be sacrificed? This is what is happening here. With one hand on his heart and the other pointing upwards, Abraham relates the cruelly inhuman command God has given him while Isaac listens timidly.

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