Isaac on the Altar
Randolph Rogers
American Art
MEDIUM
Marble
DATES
Modelled 1863–1864
DIMENSIONS
With Base: 79 1/4 x 26 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (201.3 x 66.4 x 57.2 cm)
Statue: 41 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 20 in. (105.7 x 47 x 50.8 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Incised on back of stack of logs: "Randolph Rogers, Rome."
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed on front of base: "Abraham lay not thy hand upon the lad."
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
18.180a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mary S. Croxson
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
(a) White marble statue of young boy kneeling with hands bound together with rope and placed on raised proper left knee; head turned to proper right; strap over proper right shoulder holds animal skin loosely around waist; kneels on square stack of small logs. (b) Tall, square pedestal base of gray marble with molding around top and bottom edges.
Condition: Good; several scratches and large chips around edges of base.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Randolph Rogers (American, 1825–1892). Isaac on the Altar, Modelled 1863–1864. Marble, With Base: 79 1/4 x 26 1/8 x 22 1/2 in. (201.3 x 66.4 x 57.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary S. Croxson, 18.180a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 18.180_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 18.180_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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