Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
The Sacrifice of Isaac
About this artwork
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artist:Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (1639 - 1709) Italian
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title:The Sacrifice of Isaac
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date created:About 1685 - 1690
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materials:Black chalk, pen and ink and brown wash heightened with white on blue paper, laid down onto an 18th century mount
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measurements:31.90 x 23.30 cm
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credit line:Purchased with the assistance of grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Art Fund, 1992
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accession number:D 5328
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio)
Baciccio was an accomplished painter of portraits, altarpieces and frescoes. He moved from Genoa to Rome in his early teens, where he met the influential sculptor and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini, who helped further his career. Baciccio's most important commission in Rome was the painting of the...