The Sacrifice of Isaac
1750s
Francesco Guardi
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)
European Painting and Sculpture
The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1750s. Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793). Oil on canvas; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.235.1 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Guardi, Francesco
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1952.235.1
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Old Masters and the Bible, The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art, Jerusalem, Bezelel National Museum, May 11 - June 28, 1965: "Old Masters and the Bible," cat. no. 14, repr.<br>Approved: Trustees' Minutes 1/11/1965<br>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.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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