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The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series)

The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series)

1750s
(Italian, 1712–1793)
Italy, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 71 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.235
Location: not on view

Description

This series of paintings predominantly tells the Old Testament story of Abraham and Isaac, and each of the canvases treats the interaction of humans and angels. In three works, angels appear to Abraham and, in one particularly dramatic canvas, an angel intercepts Abraham before he sacrifices his own son. Like another work in this series, Tobias and the Angels, the Sacrifice of Isaac is a narrative about fathers and sons as well as obedience inspired by faith.
  • For individual provenance history for each painting in the series, refer to component records.
  • Pallucchini, Rodolfo. L'Arte di Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Bologna: Giuseppe Maylender, editore, 1934. Mentioned: P. 34-35, n. 9
    Morassi, Antonio. "Conclusioni su Antonio e Francesco Guardi." Emporium CXIV (November 1951): 194-219. Reproduced: P. 201, figs. 7-8; Mentioned: P. 208
    Morassi, Antonio. "Una mostra del Settecento Veneziano a Detroit." Arte Veneta: Rivista di Storia dell'Arte VII (1953): 49-62. Mentioned: P. 62
    Morassi, Antonio. "A Signed Drawing by Antonio Guardi and the Problem of the Guardi Brothers." The Burlington Magazine 95, no. 605 (August 1953): 260-67. Reproduced: P. 267, figs. 27, 29 www.jstor.org
    Levey, Michael. The Eighteenth Century Italian Schools. London, United Kingdom: Publications Dept., National Gallery, 1956. Reproduced: p. 88
    Coe, Nancy "Four Paintings by Giovanni Antonio Guardi." The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art XLIV, no.9 (November, 1957): 198-203. Reproduced: p.200-201
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 429 archive.org
    Morassi, Antonio. "Pellegrini e Guardi." Emporium CXXVIII, no. 767 (November 1958): 195-212. Mentioned: P. 205, 209
    Watson, Francis J. B. "A Series of Turqueries by Francesco Guardi." News XXIV (Fall 1961): 3-13. Mentioned: P. 4-5
    Valcanover, Francesco. G. Guardi; le storie di Tobiolo nella chiesa di S. Raffaele Arcangelo in Venezia. Milano: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1964. Reproduced: opp.pl. III
    Zampetti, Pietro. Mostra dei Guardi; catalogo della Mostra. Venezia, Italy: Edizioni Alfieri, 1965. Reproduced: p. 120
    Heinemann, Fritz. "Mostra Dei Guardi : Ausstellung in Venedig, Juni Bis September 1965." Kunstchronik / Hrsg. Vom Zentralinstitut Für Kunstgeschichte 18 (1965): 223-246. Reproduced: P. 238
    Pallucchini, Rodolfo. "Note alla Mostra dei Guardi," Arte Veneta: Rivista di Storia dell'Arte XIX (1965): 215-237. Mentioned: P. 228
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 145-146 archive.org
    Rossacher, Kurt. Visionen des Barock: Entwürfe aus der Sammlung Kurt Rossacher : Ausstellung in der Residenzgalerie Salzburg vom 28. Mai bis 31. August 1966 (Meisterwerke aus österr. Privatbesitz I). Salzburg, Austria: Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 1966. Reproduced: p. 66
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 145-146 archive.org
    Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. Reproduced: p. 97-98, 255-256, 265, 574
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973. Mentioned: Vol. I, P. 83, P. 109, nos. 11-14; Reproduced: Vol. II, figs., 6-9
    Rossi Bortolatto, Luigina. L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi. Milano, Italy: Rizzoli, 1974. Reproduced: p. 88
    Lurie, Ann T., Rudiger Klessmann, and Louise S. Richards. Johann Liss: Ausstellung unter dem Protektorat der Präsidentin des Deutschen Bundestages Frau Annemarie Renger und des International Council of Museums (ICOM), Augsburg, 1975. Mentioned: P. 116, n. 6; P. 176, no. E97; Reproduced: fig. 168
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 143 archive.org
    Martini, Egidio. La pittura del settecento veneto. Udine, Italy: Istituto per L'enciclopedi del Friuli Venezia Giulia, 1981. Reproduced: p. 398, fig. 278
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 360-363
    George, Hardy. La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art from North American Collections. Oklahoma City, OK: Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2010. Reproduced: p. 55, no. 8
  • The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (organizer) (September 9, 2010-January 2, 2011).
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