The Sacrifice of Isaac

The Sacrifice of Isaac

c. 1527 · Andrea del Sarto (Italian, 1486–1530)

oil on wood

And Abraham stretched foorth his hand, and tooke the knife to slay his sonne.
GENESIS 22:10 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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