The sacrifice of Isaac is located on a rock in the upper third of the painting: Abraham gazes up to heaven brandishing a sword in his right hand while holding Isaac's head with his left hand. He in turn kneels at the edge of a stone wall, which serves as
The sacrifice of Isaac is located on a rock in the upper third of the painting: Abraham gazes up to heaven brandishing a sword in his right hand while holding Isaac's head with his left hand. He in turn kneels at the edge of a stone wall, which serves as the foundations for a pyre, and his torso rests on the bundles of wood. A descending angel grabs the sword from Abraham and points to the ram caught by the horns in bushes with his right hand. The two servants with the donkey are positioned prominently in the foreground, one standing, the other sitting. A bush serves as a backdrop behind them and they have seemingly been elevated to leading figures within the scene. To their right is a landscape, which offers a view into the far distance where a town is visible in the background.
[Hanzl, Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein 2013]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 209] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop | [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1976, No. 456] |
- Production date
- 1531
Production date
| 1531 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 50.3 x 34.2 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50.3 x 34.2 cm
Dimensions including frame: 64.8 x 49.5 x 3.5 cm
[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, with black paint between the digits of the date '1531'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left, with black paint between the digits of the date '1531'
[cda 2013]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Recto: - bottom, right:
in white paint: '141'Reverse of the frame:
- top, centre:
inscription on label: 'Lucas Crane' - top, right:
inscription …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Recto: - bottom, right:
in white paint: '141'
Reverse of the frame:
- top, centre:
inscription on label: 'Lucas Crane'
- top, right:
inscription on label:
'Kunstmuseum Luzern 1948
Meisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein
Katalog Nr. 70'
- top, right (beneath above):
inscription on label: '739'
[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]
- Owner
- Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
- Repository
- Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
- Location
- Vienna
- CDA ID
- AT_PCLW_GE739
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR209
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_PCLW_GE739/
- top, centre: