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The Sacrifice of Isaac

Rembrandt's most celebrated Old Testament work depicting Abraham's supreme act of obedience.

The Sacrifice of Isaac
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), biblical paintings and etchings. · Source

Depicted passages

Genesis 22:10-13Primary

About Rembrandt van Rijn

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker whose biblical works — in oil, panel, and etching — remain among the most psychologically searching treatments of Scripture in Western art.

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