Lot 105
105
A CHARLES I EMBROIDERED PICTURE DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
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A CHARLES I EMBROIDERED PICTURE DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC

CIRCA 1630-40

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A CHARLES I EMBROIDERED PICTURE DEPICTING THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC
CIRCA 1630-40
Worked in floss silks and gilt metal threads, with moss work and purl stitch detail, depicting the sacrifice of Isaac, with Abraham holding his sword aloft, with the angel reaching down from the clouds to stay his hand; bordered with gilt metal braid
13.4 x 16.5 in. (34 x 42 cm.)
later framed and glazed
Provenance
An Important Collection of Needlework, The Richmond Collection; Christie's, South Kensington, 23 June 1987, lot 144.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A possible print source may be Egbert van Panderen's engraving of the Sacrifice of Isaac, circa 1600, after Pieter de Jode. The angel has moved from the right to the sunburst, but the drapery and boots of Abraham and the pyre are very similar. See Mary M. Brooks, English Embroideries, Ashmolean Handbooks, Oxford, cat. no. 6., for a discussion of this print source.

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