Attributed to Giovanni Battista PITTONI (1687 - 1767) The Sacrifice of Isaac Rectangular oval canvas H. 75 cm - L. 92 cm H. 92 cm - W. 114 cm (frame) ET Old restorations, foxed The subject has been treated at least twice by Pittoni: The Sacrifice of Isaac in Louisville (Kentucky) at the J.B. Speed Art Museum (Franca Zava Boccazzi, Pittoni l'Opera completa 1979, cat. 99) and a repeat of the same composition, Milan private collection (cat. 112), but the finest version of the subject seems to be the one conserved in Venice in the church of S. Francesco della Vigna (ibd. cat. 204). Francesco della Vigna (ibd. cat. 204).

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