Art, literature & history
Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt
1582–1647
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines
- Dimensions
- sheet: 6 1/4 x 16 in. (15.9 x 40.6 cm)
- Collection no.
- 68.51
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Giovanni Lanfranco. Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Design for a Wall Decoration with the Sacrifice of Abraham and the Flight into Egypt — Giovanni Lanfranco. 1582–1647.
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of red chalk, highlighted with white gouache, on blue paper; architectural moldings above and below indicated in ruled black chalk lines. Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/4 x 16 in. (15.9 x 40.6 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, Walter C. Baker Gift, 1968.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.