The Sacrifice of Isaac

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The Sacrifice of Isaac

France, 1860
Paintings
Oil on board
18 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (46.99 × 59.69 cm) Frame: 31 × 29 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (78.74 × 74.93 × 6.35 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.40)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15–17 May 1865, lot 11, sold for 1,600 frs.

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The artist (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15–17 May 1865, lot 11, sold for 1,600 frs. to); Charles-Hippolyte Paravey (1787–1871), Paris (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 Apr. 1878, lot 25, sold for 1,000 frs. to); Mme Raynaud, née Emile Paravey, Paris.1 Anonymous (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 Dec. 1973, lot 116). Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1980, sold 2000 to; LACMA.


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Bibliography

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