Sacrifice of Isaac
Tintoretto's work is oil on canvas,measuring 265 x 370 cm It is in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy
Bible Art
Sacrifice of Isaac
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…
Sacrifice of Isaac
Competitors for the 1401 commission of the new doors for the Florence baptistery were required to create a panel depicting the Old Testament story of Abraham´s sacrifice of his son, Isaac. In the story, God tells Abraham that he must sacrifice Isaac but at the moment he is…
Saint Barbara
The composition depicts the young Saint Barbara, a woman of Syrian descent who lived during the reign of emperor Maximian (305 - 311) just before Christianity was adopted by Rome under the rule of Constantine. According to legend, her beauty was so great, her father locked…
Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
This small 5-by-7 inch painting depicts an important moment during the saint's 40-day fast in the wilderness of Mount Penna (La Verna), when Francis of Assisi experienced a vision and received the stigmata, or wounds of the crucified Christ. The stigmata, which never heals,…
Saint Jerome
This painting depicts Saint Jerome. He wasborn c. 347, Stridon, Dalmatia and died 419/420, in Bethlehem. He was a biblical translator and monastic leader, traditionally regarded as the most learned of the Latin Fathers. He lived for a time as a hermit, became a priest,…
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