The Sacrifice of Isaac
Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639 - 1709)
Location: National Gallery of Scotland
Date: circa 1685 - 1690
Materials: chalk, pen, ink, wash & white on paper
Dimensions: 32 x 23 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £11,175 (Total: £111,750)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3641 (1992)
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Provenance:
1st Earl of Leicester; by descent; Christie's 2/7/91, lot 57.
Description:
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.
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