Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / The sacrifice of Isaac / The hand of God stays Abraham's sword

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Death / Funerary monuments / Funerary portraits

Further details

left side of a sarcophagus with the Traditio legis, in the left field the Sacrifice of Isaac (the hand of God staying Abraham's sword is broken off), in the other fields the owner of the sarcophagus accompanied by several men

Artist or creator

Early Christian

Date

4th century (late)

Location

Paris, Musée du Louvre (inv. MR 688 (Ma 2980))

Associated persons

Ian Jones (The Warburg Institute) (Photographer (analogue))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Christern-Briesenick, Repertorium der Christlich-Antiken Sarkophage, 3: Frankreich, Algerien, Tunesien, Mainz am Rhein 2003, pp. 199-201, no. 428, plate 103,1-3

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