Abraham's Sacrifice

in or after 1520

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This is a drawing featuring an angel, a man with a sword, and a kneeling figure near an altar. The image captures a moment of tension among the figures. The composition includes intricate line work conveying details such as fabric texture and swirling clouds around the angel. The man stands with his back to the viewer, holding a sword, while the kneeling figure is near an altar with wood arranged on it. The angel is positioned in the top left. The background shows a pastoral landscape with rolling hills under a cloud-streaked sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to block): 12.2 × 9.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.101

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W.G. Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to the NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 91.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 41.

Wikidata ID

Q64952400

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