Sacrifice of Isaac [Study for a Sopra Stufa]

Giovanni Guerra, 1550 - 1613



Sacrifice of Isaac [Study for a Sopra Stufa]

Giovanni Guerra 1550 - 1613

Summary

A young boy is bound and laying on a brick fire with wooden slats underneath him. A man to the left has a sword raised in his right hand. An angel to the upper left is reaching out towards the sword. There is a lamb bound in thorns lying at the lower left. The picture space is trapezoid. A sopra stufa is a decorative panel above a chimneypiece.


Object Name

Sacrifice of Isaac [Study for a Sopra Stufa]

Creators Name

Giovanni Guerra

Date Created

about 1600

Dimensions

support: 17.8cm x 18cm

accession number

1979.55

Support

paper

Medium

ink (brown)


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