Lorenzo Gihberti, Sacrifice of Isaac

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, 1401-1402, Early Italian Renaissance 

1) finalist piece in competition for the panels in the east doors of the Florentine Baptistery

2) Depicts the biblical tale of a father, Abraham, sacrificing his only biological son, Isaac, in accordance with God's orders

3) Isaac has a very classicized body, which means to follow the classical style of depicting a stoic, idealized, heroic nude (in the 15th century, artists began reverting to the classical Greco-Roman style of depicting the nude)