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Landscape with the Sacrifice of the Ram by Abraham and Isaac, from the series Emblemata Sacra è praecipuis utriusque testamenti historiis concinnata, ca. 1582, ca. 1653 - 1654

  • etching, paper
  • 187 x 253 mm
  • Inv. 2013-AAE

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On a hill above a valley, on the left Abraham and his son Isaac kneel at the altar with the ram sacrificed in Isaac's place. Above them in the smoke is an angel (Gen 22:13).