Abraham and Isaac

Abraham and Isaac

1645

Etching, plate tone; first of two states

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 · H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

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