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Landscape with Hagar and the angel, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum, 1582, ca. 1653 - 1654

  • etching, paper
  • 175 x 241 mm
  • Inv. 2013-AAC

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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.

Artist

Pieter I van der Borcht RKD
Mechelen ca. 1530 - Antwerp ca. 1611
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Jan Philipsz. Schabaelje
Amsterdam ca. 1586 - Amsterdam 1656
publisherAAT

Title Landscape with Hagar and the angel, from the series Imagines et figurae bibliorum
Date 1582
ca. 1653 - 1654
Period 16th century
17th century
Location Amsterdam TGN
Medium and support etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings inscription in the dipiction, at the top: Genes. XXI. 17.
inscription in the depiction, top right: 28
inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Pe. V. Borcht/ 1582
Collection print room
Object type etching AAT
Inventory number 2013-AAC
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-AAC
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6481/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300055874 religious symbolism AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 11G angels Iconclass
25G3 trees Iconclass
25H112 rocks Iconclass
25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass
25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone) Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
71 Old Testament Iconclass
71C128411 an angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar Iconclass
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