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

1750s

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Francesco Guardi

(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

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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.

Provenance

For individual provenance history for each painting in the series, refer to component records.

Citations

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

Zampetti, Pietro. Mostra dei Guardi; catalogo della Mostra. Venezia, Italy: Edizioni Alfieri, 1965. Reproduced: p. 120

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

Rossi Bortolatto, Luigina. L'opera completa di Francesco Guardi. Milano, Italy: Rizzoli, 1974. Reproduced: p. 88

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

Exhibition history

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

Francesco Guardi

Italy, 18th century

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