Hagar and the Angel

Artist Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, 1596 - 1669)

Dateca. 1643

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsImage: 45 x 58 13/16 in. (114.3 x 149.4 cm)
Frame: 55 1/4 × 68 5/16 × 2 3/4 in. (140.4 × 173.5 × 7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN132

Cortona was one of the key figures in Italian Baroque art, and this painting is an extremely fine example of his work. In this scene from the Old Testament, Hagar and her son Ishmael, both of whom had been banished to the wilderness by Abraham, are saved from their thirst by an angel. Cortona combines weighty, sculptural figures with shimmering contrasts of yellows, greens, and blues to create a scene that is both quietly monumental and eternally energized.

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