Andrea del SartoItalian, 1486–1530Abrahams Opfer
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Where is “Abrahams Opfer” now? Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. Unknown.
Dresden, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
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Sources
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
- Image: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister — In Copyright
In the life of Andrea del Sarto
The whole life1527
The expulsion of the Medici and the “Sacrifice of Isaac”
After the Medici family is expelled from Florence once again in 1527, Andrea goes on working on commissions from the Signoria; at that time he paints the “Sacrifice of Isaac”, intended as a gift to the French king François I.
late September 1530
Plague and death: Vasari’s account of Lucrezia
At the end of September 1530, aged 44, Andrea dies in Florence during an outbreak of bubonic plague that followed the siege; the Misericordia buries him unceremoniously in the church of the Servites. Vasari claims that his wife paid him no attention at all during his terminal illness, but since it was well known that plague was highly contagious, it has been speculated that Lucrezia was simply afraid of contagion. She survived her husband by 40 years.
29 September 1530
Died
1530 · Burial
Santissima Annunziata
