Sacrifice

c. 1510/1530

Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
Italian 16th Century

Artist

There is a drawing of a group surrounding an altar with a sacrificial scene. Figures are gathered around a raised altar with a relief carving. One figure is guiding an animal towards the altar. The environment has rough, dark strokes, with a stylized tree to the right. Figures are wearing classical or draped garments. The use of shading and line work creates an atmosphere of intrigue and solemnity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    niello print

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 3.4 x 3.8 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.6686

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 1936, no. 281

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 34.

Bibliography

1936

  • Hind, Arthur M. Nielli, Chiefly Italian of the XV Century, Plates, Sulphur Casts and Prints, Preserved in the British Museum. London, 1936.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, B-21.

Wikidata ID

Q65018772

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