The Sacrifice of Isaac
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The light falls almost only on what saves: the angel's serene face, the ram he ushers in to die instead, the pyre, Abraham's hands — one holding the knife, one holding the boy still. Both faces, father's and son's, stay in shadow. Isaac never sees what takes his place, and the hand laid on him is the hand Genesis 22:12 stops.
Rediscovered in 1987, it was a Caravaggio for years, on Mina Gregori's word. Bologna proposed Cavarozzi in 1992; Spear and Papi followed. Genesis substituted a ram for the son. The catalogue substituted a follower for the master.
Sources: Sotheby's, Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, London, 9 July 2014, sale L14033, lot 30. · Nicholas Hall, catalogue entry, 'The Sacrifice of Isaac' (Bartolomeo Cavarozzi). · Museo Nacional del Prado, Enciclopedia, 'Cavarozzi, Bartolomeo'. · USCCB, New American Bible, Genesis 22. · Genesis 22:13, Douay-Rheims (Challoner); with Genesis 22:12, 'Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him'. Project corpus, data/bible_drc.js.
And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
Genesis 22:12 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), from the project’s own corpus at data/bible_drc.js
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 9,449 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.