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Description: | This is the specific moment in the story of the sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham, when God intervenes through an angel to halt the sacrifice of Isaac and substitue a ram. In the Bible the angel speaks but does not appear, but here the appearance of the angel blocking the dagger provides the sense of drama. The current attribution to Guercino, one of the greatest painters and draughtsmen of the mid-seventeenth century, has been recently discredited. However ,another painting by him of the same subject has a very similar composition. Guercino's interest lay in the fleeting but significant instant in a religious story which he often lit very dramatically. | Subjects: | religion (Sacrifice of Isaac) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Guercino (Italian painter and draftsman, 1591-1666) Æ Attributed to manner of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8641... | Go to resource |
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