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Francisco Collantes

Hagar and Ishmael, ca. 1640

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Description

Maker

  • Francisco Collantes, 1599-1656, Spanish

Title

Hagar and Ishmael

Year

ca. 1640

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

109.2 x 139.1 cm (43 x 54 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed LC:Fran. Collantes f.

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Gift of Manton B. Metcalf

Object Number

18.096

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

The Natural World, the Body, and the Divine

February 3 - April 16, 2006

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

European Galleries

In this brooding scene from the Old Testament, Hagar and her son Ishmael, banished from the home of Abraham, are confronted by an angel as they rest below a blasted tree on the bank of a raging river. The artist, Francisco Collantes, was unusual among Spanish landscape painters, as he subjected religious narratives to the drama of the natural world, literally bringing them down to earth. He places the encounter of the figures at the center of this composition, allowing the tumultuous landscape to magnify the story’s emotional content.

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