Oblique view of a 1960 bronze sculpture by Elbert Weinberg depicting the biblical story of the Sacrifice of Isaac. According to the account in... Show moreOblique view of a 1960 bronze sculpture by Elbert Weinberg depicting the biblical story of the Sacrifice of Isaac. According to the account in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, God instructed Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac. As Abraham raised his knife to kill the boy, an angel appeared and told him not to harm him. In the sculpture, Abraham kneels at the left, Isaac lies on the ground, and the angel swoops down from above. The statuette is eighteen inches high and was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in1961, the Grace Borgenicht Gallery in New York in 1962, and the Jewish Museum in New York in 1985. The photograph bears the stamp of the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Weinberg's New York dealer. Show less