Sacrifice of Isaac

Sacrifice of Isaac

mid-17th century

Canvas worked with silk and metal thread; Gobelin, tent, couching stitches; applied satin cartouche worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; satin, long-and-short, split, knot, and couching stitches

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

The Met · Abraham and Isaac · CC0 · Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

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