# Abraham, in The Italian Renaissance

Lorenzo Monaco painted this in about 1408–10, aged about 38. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1408–10
- Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
- Dimensions: Overall 26 x 16 7/8 in. (66 x 42.9 cm); painted surface 22 7/8 x 16 5/8 in. (58.1 x 42.2 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 65.14.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Lorenzo Monaco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lorenzo-monaco), Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?)

Lorenzo Monaco, “Lorenzo the Monk”, took vows at the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence, a centre of manuscript illumination.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Lorenzo Monaco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/lorenzo-monaco?hang=749) (3 works)
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## Get it

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