id: 129802 accession number: 1952.235.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.235.1 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:25.156000 The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1750s. Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793). Oil on canvas; framed: 71 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.235.1 title: The Sacrifice of Isaac title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1750s creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1759 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, 18th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Italian 18th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 71 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Old Masters and the Bible opening date: 1965-05-11T04:00:00 Old Masters and the Bible. Israel Museum, 91710 Jerusalem, Israel (organizer) (May 11-June 28, 1965). title: The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art opening date: 2010-09-09T00:00:00 The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (organizer) (September 9, 2010-January 2, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Jerusalem, Bezelel National Museum, May 11 - June 28, 1965: "Old Masters and the Bible," cat. no. 14, repr.', 'opening_date': '1965-05-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': "Approved: Trustees' Minutes 1/11/1965", 'opening_date': '1965-01-11T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Oklahoma City Museum of Art (9/9/2010 - 1/2/2011): "The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art", cat. no. 8, p. 55.', 'opening_date': '2010-09-09T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, March 29, 1952, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Alessandro Brass, invoice, July 5, 1952, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973. page number: url: Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Antonio Morassi, letter to Neumann, Nov. 24, 1937, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Morassi, Antonio, “A Signed Drawing by Antonio Guardi and the Problem of the Guardi Brothers,” Burlington Magazine 95 (August 1953): 267. page number: url: Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973. page number: url: Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973. page number: url: Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file. page number: url: Binion, Alice. Antonio and Francesco Guardi, Their Life and Milieu: With a Catalogue of Their Figure Drawings. New York: Garland Pub, 1976. page number: url: Pallucchini, Rodolfo. L'arte di Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Bologna: Giuseppe Maylender, editore, 1934. page number: url: Levey, Michael. The Eighteenth-Century Italian Schools. London: Publications Dept., National Gallery, 1956. page number: url: Pallucchini, Rodolfo. L'Arte di Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Bologna: Giuseppe Maylender, editore, 1934. page number: Mentioned: P. 34-35, n. 9 url: Valcanover, Francesco. G. Guardi; le storie di Tobiolo nella chiesa di S. Raffaele Arcangelo in Venezia. Milano: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, 1964. page number: Reproduced: opp.pl. III url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 145 url: Rossacher, Kurt. Visionen des Barock: Entwürfe aus der Sammlung Kurt Rossacher : Ausstellung in der Residenzgalerie Salzburg vom 28. Mai bis 31. August 1966 (Meisterwerke aus österr. Privatbesitz I). Salzburg, Austria: Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 66 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 145 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n169 Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 3. European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. page number: Reproduced: cat. 159A, p. 360 - 363 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 143 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n163 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.235.1/1952.235.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.235.1/1952.235.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.235.1/1952.235.1_full.tif