Curatorial Notes
Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac and The Abduction of Europa are among the more than 200 lively, small-scale copies by David Teniers the Younger recording the superb art collection of his patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. They were created as models for the engraved illustrations in a catalogue of the archduke’s collection, which was printed and made available for purchase by the public as the Theatrum Pictorium (Theater of painting) in 1660. A prolific painter of peasant subjects and other everyday scenes, Teniers also served as the archduke’s curator.
Artwork Identification
Title Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac
Title (PT) O Sacrifício de Isaac
Title (ES) El Sacrificio de Isaac
Artist David Teniers the Younger
Artist Bio David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, 1610–1690) After Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588)
Date 1654–56
Work Type Painting
Location & Collection
Institution Art Institute of Chicago
Source View Museum Page
License Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
