http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=28.1999&sort_field=added&sort_dir=a&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-29T07:55:10-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2809 <![CDATA[Sacrifice of Isaac]]> 2017-06-16T17:01:35-05:00

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Creator

Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte)

Title

Sacrifice of Isaac

Date Created

circa 1577

Spatial Coverage

26.2 cm x 33.6 cm (10 5/16 in. x 13 1/4 in.)

Identifier

28.1999

Medium

Oil on canvas

Description

On the grassy knoll of a mountain, Abraham prepares to carry out a divine order to sacrifice his son, Isaac, who kneels with his hands bound behind his back. Suddenly, an angel appears to stay Abraham’s knife-wielding hand, saying that God is satisfied by the proof of Abraham’s fear and reverence. Jacopo Bassano’s mastery of dynamic contours appears in the lively, varied lines of Abraham’s outstretched arm and the clouds and dark mountains echoing it. His expressive brushstrokes and his playful use of perspective, animated by the figures’ diverse postures, also demonstrate his confidence as a painter. This work is probably a copy of a background scene from Bassano’s popular series depicting the four seasons. To meet popular demand, the artist and his workshop created numerous versions of the series. In fact, previous scholarship suggested that this might be a fragment from a lost painting in the series. Close examination of the painting disproved this theory, however; the painting’s edges are mostly untouched and not cut from a larger canvas.

Rights Holder

The Suida-Manning Collection

Date

Bassano del Grappa, Italy, circa 1510 - 1592, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Type

painting

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/28.1999.zif

Requires

16096
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