# Sacrifice of Isaac [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GHIBERTI, Lorenzo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Bronze relief, 45 x 38 cm ## Commentary This panel, together with that <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/brunelle/abraham.html'\)" HREF="/html/b/brunelle/abraham.html">made by Filippo Brunelleschi,</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 - [Ascension]() - [Baptism of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Baptism of Christ]() - [Christ on the Mount of Olives]() - [Door of a Ciborium \(detail\)]() - [Door of a Ciborium]() - [Eastern Door of the Baptistery \(Porta del Paradiso\)]() - [Eastern Door of the Baptistery \(Porta del Paradiso\)]() - [Eastern Door of the Baptistery \(Porta del Paradiso\)]() - [Five studies]() - [North Doors \(Life of Christ\)]() - [North Doors \(Life of Christ\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()