The Sacrifice of Abraham

1550s

Battista Franco

Artist, Venetian, probably 1498 - 1561

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35 x 26.5 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.5 x 27 cm (14 x 10 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.14.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 1, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jonathan Bober, Austin, TX; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Venis(?) / Batt Franco / Battist Franco inv et fe

Wikidata ID

Q76336571

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