Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
(1604-1682)
Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste,
1668
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
106,4 x 140 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal IX
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), Hagar und Ismael in der Wüste, 1668, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL8qq2GN2 (Last updated on 13.11.2023)
Hagar wandered through the desert with her son Ishmael; their provisions were dwindling—death was near. An angel pointed the way to a life-saving well. This moment is shown in the picture. Together with its companion piece, ‘The Repudiation of Hagar’, this painting was commissioned by Count Johann Friedrich von Waldstein, later Archbishop of Prague. While the scene in ‘The Repudiation of Hagar’ is set in the morning light, this picture shows a landscape in the afternoon or early evening.
