The Sacrifice of Isaac

Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639 - 1709)

Scottish National Gallery

circa 1685 - 1690

The drawing is a preliminary study for a painting held in Atlanta, Georgia. The sheet varies in several respects from the picture, the figures of Isaac and the angel being notably altered. The foreshortened angel casts a dramatic shadow over the impending sacrifice - a baroque element at odds with the rather more subdued tone of the finished picture.

• Medium: chalk, pen, ink, wash & white on paper
• Dimensions: 32 x 23 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £11175 ( Total: £111,750; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 1992
• Vendor: Christie's

Provenance

1st Earl of Leicester; by descent; Christie's 2/7/91, lot 57.

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