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Andrea del Sarto, The Sacrifice of Isaac, c. 1527–28
Isaac kneels on the altar, his clothes laid aside. Abraham has raised the knife and turns his head, because the angel is coming down from above.
Andrea del Sarto painted the subject for King Francis I of France, at the request of the Florentine agent Giovanni Battista della Palla. Several versions exist: an unfinished one in Cleveland, a small one in the Prado, and this one in Dresden.
Isaac looks out of the picture, frightened. Abraham holds him by the arm.
At the left edge the ram is already there, half hidden.
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