Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (below), Abraham about to Sacrifice Isaac (above)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1520
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, squared in black chalk, on brownish paper. The empty triangular corners are tinted in gray-green wash, the right diagonal border tinted in gray wash
Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 10 1/16in. (22.6 x 25.5cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1963
Accession year: 1963
Tags: Virgin Mary|Temples|Men|Women|Abraham