Landscape with Hagar and the Angel, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum
Artist(s) / maker(s)
Pieter I van der Borcht (engravers (printmakers)),
Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje (publisher)
Date
1582, ca. 1653 - 1654Periods
16th century, 17 centuryCollection
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
Landscape with Hagar in the middle, the second wife of Abraham. An angel stands next to her and points to a water source on the right. According to Genesis 21:14-19, Abraham had sent and her child Ismäel into the desert. When they run out of water, Hagar leaves her child under a bush (bottom left of the print). However, God…
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Landscape with Hagar in the middle, the second wife of Abraham. An angel stands next to her and points to a water source on the right. According to Genesis 21:14-19, Abraham had sent and her child Ismäel into the desert. When they run out of water, Hagar leaves her child under a bush (bottom left of the print). However, God sends an angel to lead Hagar to a water source. Thus God saved the lives of Hagar and Ismäel.
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