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Sacrifice of Abraham
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Sacrifice of Abraham

Johannes Wierix · 1582 - 1583 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Abraham sacrifices a ram instead of his son Isaac. An angel has just prevented him from doing so. At the foot of the mountain two servants wait with a donkey. In the margin a three-line Biblical quotation from Genesis 22 in Latin.

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Credit lineOffer van Abraham. 1582 - 1583. Johannes Wierix. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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