Sacrifice of Isaac

Andrea Andreani Italian

After Domenico Beccafumi Italian

Dedicatee Cesare Menconi Italian

1586; printed in 1634

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Title: Sacrifice of Isaac
Artist: Andrea Andreani (Italian, Mantua 1558/1559–1629)
Artist: After Domenico Beccafumi (Italian, Cortine in Valdibiana Montaperti 1484–1551 Siena)
Dedicatee: Cesare Menconi (Italian)
Date: 1586; printed in 1634
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in gray and black with brown and gray wash from 10 blocks; dedication dated 1634 printed on separate sheet and attached at bottom left
Dimensions: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 66 9/16 in. (75 × 169 cm)
Frame: 45 1/2 × 82 × 2 1/2 in. (115.6 × 208.3 × 6.4 cm; depth is deepest at the corners of the frame)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of M. Feltenstein, 2013
Object Number: 2013.963.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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