Abraham and Isaac on Their Way to Mount Moriah

c. 1490/1510

Peregrino da Cesena

Associated Names
Peregrino da Cesena

Artist, Bolognese, active c. 1490/1520

The image shows a group of figures traveling along a path. The horizon is obscured by dense foliage, with two trees in the background. The figures are walking, with one leading a pack donkey carrying wood. The illustration is detailed with fine lines and cross-hatching creating texture and depth. The color palette is primarily black and white, emphasizing the details, light, and shadows in the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    niello print

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 5.3 x 4.8 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6682

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 784); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Printmaker: 1450-1950, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, 1957.

1964

  • Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA, 1964, no catalogue.

1971

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Saint John's College, Santa Fe, NM, 1971, no catalogue.

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA, 1971, no. 55, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 27.

Bibliography

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, B-14.

Wikidata ID

Q65024329

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