# Sacrifice of Isaac [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Bronze relief, 45 x 38 cm ## Commentary This panel, together with that <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/ghiberti/various/1sacrifi.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/ghiberti/various/1sacrifi.html">made by Lorenzo Ghiberti,</A> both depicting the sacrifice of Isaac, have great artistic and historical importance. They are the famous trial pieces presented in a competition for the right to construct the door of the Baptistery. The lyrical elegance of Ghiberti's version undoubtedly expresses more coherently the famous Biblical episode. Ghiberti won the competition. ## Related artworks - [Crucifix \(detail\)]() - [Crucifix]() - [Cupola \(detail\)]() - [Cupola \(detail\)]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Cathedral]() - [Dome of the Old Sacristy]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()