# The Sacrifice of Isaac [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DOMENICHINO]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 147 x 140 cm ## Commentary The Carracci influenced numerous followers especially in Bologna. Domenichino was one of them, a prolific decorator. This painting was executed for the pictorial decoration of the so-called New Room \(Salón Nuevo\) of the Alcázar in Madrid, an imposing gallery in the southern wing reserved for important occasions of state. The New Room underwent periodic changes of decoration during Philip IV's reign. ## Related artworks - [A Triumphal Arch of Allegories]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Allegory of Agriculture, Astronomy and Architecture]() - [Apse calotte and antechoir vault]() - [Caritas]() - [Cupola vault]() - [Death of St Cecilia]() - [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Diana and her Nymphs \(detail\)]() - [Diana and her Nymphs]() - [Doctors and Fathers of the Church]() - [Doctors and Fathers of the Church]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()