Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left

ca.1645–50

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (29.2 x 23.4 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.422
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pietro Testa. Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left. Pietro Testa; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Sacrifice of Isaac: an angel presses against the dagger-bearing arm of Abraham, who stands next to Isaac on an altar, God the Father and an angel bearing a lamb approach from the left — Pietro Testa. ca.1645–50.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 3/16 in. (29.2 x 23.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

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.

Artwork sources

Image source