Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness
Artist
Karel Dujardin
(Dutch, 1626 - 1678)
Datec. 1662
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 73 3/4 x 56 1/4 in. (187.3 x 142.9 cm)
Frame: 87 × 69 1/8 × 4 3/8 in. (221 × 175.6 × 11.1 cm)
Frame: 87 × 69 1/8 × 4 3/8 in. (221 × 175.6 × 11.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936.
Object numberSN270
This event depicted here comes from the Old Testament. Abraham had a child called Ishmael by Hagar, the maidservant of his barren wife, Sara. When Sara miraculously conceived, she demanded that Hagar and Ishmael be banished and Abraham agreed. In the wilderness their supplies ran out, but an angel appeared and pointed out a source of water. Though best known for his small paintings of rural landscapes, Dujardin’s large religious pictures demonstrate his familiarity with the pictorial ideas of Italian Baroque art.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 14, Wall North
19th century
