Abraham and Isaac on Their Way to the Place of Sacrifice
by LEYDEN, Lucas van, Woodcut, 285 x 211 mm
Abraham and Isaac is among Lucas van Leyden’s most successful prints, one of the more than 20 woodcuts of his oeuvre. It has a delicate balance between line and tone. The figures are set in a broad landscape that is convincingly built up in several planes and recedes into the distance, thus making clever use of the expressive potential of the woodcut technique.