Abraham Preparing to Sacrifice His Son Isaac

Engraving, 1615, inscribed lower left: 'IL PORDENONE / Inuent et Pinse / nella Chiesa / di S.ta Maria di Camp.a / in piacenza' and signed and dated lower right: 'Oliuiero Gatti / Piacentino / Fece / MDCXV. First state before numbering.

Good example, irregularly trimmed on the margins, with partial loss of text on the left, on verso trace of a collection mark, occasional foxing, generally in good condition.

Plate 3 from a series of Four Old Testament Subjects. The series reproduces parts of the fresco by Pordenone on the dome of Santa Maria di Campagna in Piacenza.