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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 by Rembrandt van Rijn depicting Genesis 22:10
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About Rembrandt van Rijn

1606-1669 · Dutch

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.