1520
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Abraham's Sacrifice is a 1520 ink by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a tense scene with two figures: a bearded man holding a knife and a small child on the ground. The man’s arm is raised, while the child reaches toward him. Around them, swirling clouds and small, ghostly figures fill the sky, as if watching from above. The print’s rough, sketchy lines make everything feel urgent and dramatic. The background looks like a stormy sky with strange, half-formed shapes. This is made using the woodcut technique.
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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