# Reconstitution of the Column-Statue

The scene is highly fragmented, but each of the heads is sufficiently preserved to depict the sacrifice of Isaac. Since this scene is also represented, from the same period, on the portal of the Coronation of the Virgin at the Cathedral of Senlis, we were able to draw inspiration from the sculptor's work, particularly to propose a sword and a ram beneath Abraham's feet.

Portal of the Cathedral of Senlis
Sacrifice of Isaac, around 1160
Photo © Élise Bailleul

North Portal of Chartres Cathedral
The Sacrifice of Isaac, around 1210-1225
Photo © Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Krén and Daniel Marx, wga.hu