Sacrifice of Abraham

Provenance

Said to have come from the collection of Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwick, and from Lionel K. Robinson, London (according to a note in the file written by Fred Cain); purchased in 1941 by Lessing J. Rosenwald as part of a group of 39 drawings; gift to the NGA in 1943.

Sacrifice of Abraham

Allori, Alessandro

Accession Number

1943.3.8884

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on darkened paper

Dimensions

overall: 24.4 x 35.1 cm (9 5/8 x 13 13/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection