European Furniture, Decorations & European and American Fine Art
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Oil on panel, unsigned.
70 x 54 1/2 in., unframed.
Note: Depicting one of the most dramatic stories in the Bible (Genesis 22:1-14), the scene here is the moment when Abraham was about to slay his son Isaac in submission to God's command and an angel suddenly appears to halt the sacrifice. Sarto painted three versions of this composition.Â
Sold Sotheby's, NY, April 25, 1995, Lot 10.Property from The Collection of Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine, Washington Depot, CT