el sacrificio de isaac

The landscape has faded out. Against a dark background, the story is pieced together out of figures. As if he had clambered up the mountain behind father and son, the angel brings them the ram, and speaks to Abraham, who is already relaxing his grip on Isaac's hair. Whether this colorful picture, with its rich lighting, was really painted by Caravaggio, is open to doubt.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

c. 1605
Oil on canvas, 116 x 173 cm
Piasecka-Johnson Collection, Princeton 



el sacrificio de isaac