a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

Sacrifice of Isaac
Artist: Tintoretto
 1577-78    Painting

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Tintoretto's work is oil on canvas,measuring 265 x 370 cm  It is in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy

Sacrifice of Isaac
Artist: Filippo Brunelleschi
 1401-02    Relief

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In 1401, the Florence Wool Guild, which oversaw the maintenance of the city's main Baptistery, set up a contest to design new ornamented bronze doors for the building. Each submission was to consist of a single bronze panel depicting the biblical story of Abraham, who was commanded by God to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, but was stopped at the last moment. Brunelleschi, then a goldsmith of about twenty-four, created a high-relief scene showing Abraham as a large, powerful man gripping Isaac (who kneels on an altar) by the throat with his left hand, and holding a dagger at the boy's throat with his right hand. An angel at the top left reaches out and grabs Abraham's hand the moment before the knife breaks the skin. To Isaac's left is a ram caught in a thicket by its horns (as described in the biblical passage), and at the bottom of the panel are two servants and a horse. 

This bronze is housed in the National Museum of Bargello, Florence