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The Sacrifice of Isaac

The Sacrifice of Isaac

1750s
(Italian, 1712–1793)
Framed: 71 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, March 29, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Alessandro Brass, invoice, July 5, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Antonio Morassi, letter to Neumann, Nov. 24, 1937, in CMA curatorial file.
    Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file.
    Morassi, Antonio, “A Signed Drawing by Antonio Guardi and the Problem of the Guardi Brothers,” Burlington Magazine 95 (August 1953): 267.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file.
    Binion, Alice. Antonio and Francesco Guardi, Their Life and Milieu: With a Catalogue of Their Figure Drawings. New York: Garland Pub, 1976.

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    Pallucchini, Rodolfo. L'Arte di Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Bologna: Giuseppe Maylender, editore, 1934. Mentioned: P. 34-35, n. 9
    Valcanover, Francesco. G. Guardi; le storie di Tobiolo nella chiesa di S. Raffaele Arcangelo in Venezia. Milano: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1964. Reproduced: opp.pl. III
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 145
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 145 archive.org
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 143 archive.org
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    Jerusalem, Bezelel National Museum, May 11 - June 28, 1965: "Old Masters and the Bible," cat. no. 14, repr.
    Approved: Trustees' Minutes 1/11/1965
    Oklahoma City Museum of Art (9/9/2010 - 1/2/2011): "The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art", cat. no. 8, p. 55.
    Old Masters and the Bible. Israel Museum, 91710 Jerusalem, Israel (organizer) (May 11-June 28, 1965).
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