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Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac

Francesco Fracanzano

1612–56

Medium

Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk

Tags

Angels Weapons Abraham

Dimensions

8 1/8 x 11 1/4in. (20.6 x 28.5cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Henry Walters, 1917

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco Fracanzano

1612–1656

Like his brother Cesare Fracanzano, Francesco Fracanzano studied under José Ribera and subsequently taught his own brother-in-law Salvator Rosa. He also had roots in the Naples of Caravaggio but, unlike his brother Cesare, he did not turn his back on the luminist Naturalism of the Neapolitan style of the 1630s. Instead, he and others - including Guarino, Do, Bassante and, not least, Ribera himself - continued that tradition, paving the way for its spread into other parts of Europe, notably Spain.

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