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CARAVAGGIO: The Sacrifice of Isaac

🖼 The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1601-02
Oil on canvas
104 × 135 cm
Florence, Italy

Golden light fractures across muscular bodies as Abraham's knife halts inches from Isaac's throat, rendered with visceral drama and psychological tension. Caravaggio's violent chiaroscuro transforms biblical obedience into raw human anguish, pioneering Baroque emotionalism that influenced centuries of religious art.

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Sebastian Schütze
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