Abraham and Isaac, 1645, Etching and burin; only state, Plate: 6 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (15.5 x 13 cm), Prints, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam), Among Rembrandt's most moving prints, this etching depicts the story of Abraham, who, as a test of his faith, was ordered by God to sacrifice his son Isaac. As is typical of the artist's work of the 1640s, Rembrandt chose to illustrate the most emotionally poignant moment of the story: Isaac, unwittingly the intended sacrifice, asks his father, 'Where is the lamb for the offering?' Abraham responds that God will provide one
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