The Sacrifice of Isaac

c. 1500

Workshop of Luca Signorelli

Associated Names
Italian

Artist

Luca Signorelli

Related Artist, Cortonese, 1445/1450 - 1523

This drawing depicts two male figures in an intense interaction. The composition is in a monochrome reddish-brown medium, likely red chalk. One figure is bent forward with a determined expression, while the other is kneeling with his arms restrained behind him. The emphasis is on the anatomy and interaction of the two forms, in the style of Michelangelo.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk with white heightening on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Woodner Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 24 x 18 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.3.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sydney J. Freedberg, Cambridge, MA; (David Tunick, New York); Ian Woodner Family Collection, 1988; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1995

  • Van Cleave, Claire. "Luca Signorelli as a Draughtsman," D.Phil. thesis, Oxford University, 1995 (unpublished): no. B14 (as workshop of Signorelli).

Inscriptions

by later hand, upper left in brown ink: n. 269 / 240; by later hand, center verso in graphite: 20 / c.

Wikidata ID

Q64640551

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