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  • Mirror-case. Lacquer painting by a Persian artist (Qajar).
  • An angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Mezzotint.
  • An angel descends as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac; the ram lurks in the bushes. Line engraving.
  • The angel intervenes as Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert, c. 1620, after T. Rombouts.
  • Abraham and Isaac embrace in the wilderness, in the shock of their reprieve. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • A personification of Obedience with her attributes is attacked from the sides by eight vices; above her appears Christ on the cross; (top left) the sacrifice of Isaac; (right) Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers; (below) three examples of disobedience, including the expulsion from Paradise. Engraving after H. Wierix .
  • An painter at an easel in his studio, painting a picture of Abraham and Isaac. Woodcut by J. Amman, 1568.
  • A boy angel appears as Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son. Lithograph by G. Sensi y Baldachi after A. del Sarto, 1529.
  • A group of worshippers at the site of a temple, with the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • A group of worshippers at the site of a temple, with the mosque of Omar, Jerusalem, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • The funeral of Abraham. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after G. Hoet.
  • Jacob offers bread and soup to an exhausted Esau, who has returned from hunting; to the left, angels move upon Jacob's ladder; to the right, the blind Isaac feels Jacob's disguised hands. Engraving by E. Kirkall after Skeitz.