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REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Angel Stopping Abraham from Sacrificing Isaac

🖼 The Angel Stopping Abraham from Sacrificing Isaac, c. 1635
Black and red chalk, wash
194 × 146 cm
London, United Kingdom

Golden light floods a dramatic scene where an angel arrests Abraham's blade above his kneeling son, rendered with bold chiaroscuro and dynamic brushwork. Rembrandt transforms the biblical sacrifice into an intimate moment of divine mercy, emphasizing human emotion over heroic grandeur.

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