Photographs

Sacrifice of Isaac

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1873-1874
Accession number: 2000.5.1961b
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (16.5 x 13.3 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Isaac, hands bound, kneels on pyre at left - Abraham leans over him with sword raised and arm around Isaac's neck. An angel hovers at upper right, reaching out to grasp Abraham's sword.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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