#johann heinrich ferdinand olivier

[artandthebible]

Abraham and Isaac

Artist: Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Olivier (German, 1785-1841)

Date: 1817

Medium: Oil on wood

Collection: The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Description

According to the Old Testament, God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham’s only son by his wife Sarah, as a test of his faith and obedience (Genesis 22: 1–19). Abraham and his son make their way to the place of sacrifice. Abraham strides up the mountainside with steely resolve, his eyes on the path ahead. Isaac carries a bundle of wood for the altar fire on his back, while his father holds a lighted torch and a knife. When Isaac asks his father where is the lamb to be sacrificed, Abraham replies that the Lord will provide.

In the next episode of the story, Abraham places Isaac on the altar and is about to kill him when an angel appears and tells him not to harm the child. God sends a ram in a thicket to be sacrificed as a burnt offering instead of Isaac and the boy is saved. This episode in the Old Testament is frequently interpreted as a precursor for God’s sacrifice of his own son, Jesus, recounted in the New Testament.

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Ideal Italian Landscape, Ferdinand Olivier, 1840

[harvard-art-museums-drawings]

Sardis, Ferdinand Johann Heinrich von Olivier, 19th century, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Herbert A. Cahn

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/296545

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Лондонская Национальная галерея

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Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Olivier（German, 1785-1841）

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[harvard-art-museums-drawings]

View of a City Wall, Ferdinand Johann Heinrich von Olivier, 1817, Harvard Art Museums: Drawings

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund, Louise Haskell Daly Fund and Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund Size: 17.5 x 27.7 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.) Medium: Brown ink over graphite on off-white laid paper

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/294935