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The Sacrifice of Abraham, 1642/51. Etching on paper.
Etching on paper · Plate: 42.5 × 32.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Sacrifice of Abraham
- Artist
- Ferdinand Bol Dutch, 1616-1680
- Date
- 1642/51
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 42.5 × 32.6 cm (16 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 43.9 × 33.4 cm (17 5/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr.
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1616–1680
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.