Sacrifice of Isaac
by BRUNELLESCHI, Filippo, Bronze relief, 45 x 38 cm
This panel, together with that made by Lorenzo Ghiberti, both depicting the sacrifice of Isaac, have great artistic and historical importance. They are the famous trial pieces presented in a competition for the right to construct the door of the Baptistery. The lyrical elegance of Ghiberti’s version undoubtedly expresses more coherently the famous Biblical episode. Ghiberti won the competition.