In a mountain landscape, a river runs through the valley. On a path, Abraham and Isaac walk to the sacrificial site on top of a mountain. Isaac carries the wood for the fire on his back. On the upper right in the distance, the top of the mountain can be seen where the sacrifice is taking place. From heaven, the angel descends to stop Abraham from sacrificing his son Isaac. The print is part of a series of 13 landscapes with Biblical and mythological scenes.
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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Matthijs Cock
RKD
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Hieronymus Cock
RKD
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| Title | Abraham and Isaac on Their Way to the Place of Sacrifice |
| Date | ca. 1551 - 1558 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Abraham fily immolati/ onem parat [...] |
| inscription on the back, right of centre: D'apres Orley/ Cock | |
| inscription on the back, bottom right: 8 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | etching AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-K |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-K |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11535/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11G
angels
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21D water (one of the four elements) Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass 25H213 river Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 42G2111 father (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 42G2121 son (first degree family relationships) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 55C221 Sacrifice Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71C1 story of Abraham Iconclass 71C131 the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22) Iconclass 71C1311 Abraham with Isaac, an ass and the servants on their way to Moriah Iconclass |
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