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Object Type
Museum number: 1848,1125.2
Description: Abraham dismissing Hagar; Abraham, seen in profile facing right at centre, holds a staff in his left hand and hands a jug to Hagar with his right; Hagar receives it with both hands as she turns to walk to the right, accompanied by the young Ishmael, who carries a packet in his arms; at left Sara sits on a bench with Isaac next to her; a dog in left foreground; drawn copy Pen and brown ink
Producer name: Attributed to: Hendrik Hondius I; After: Lucas van Leyden
School/style
Production date: 1573-1650
Materials
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Dimensions: Height: 274 millimetres; Width: 215 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Bartsch explains that the print from which this drawing was made was already exceedingly rare in the 17th century. New Hollstein attributes this drawn copy to Hendrick Hondius. See 1849,1027.11 for the original print by Lucas van Leyden. Literature: L. Packer, "Drawn copies by Hendrick Hondius and others after prints by Lucas van Leyden", in Master Drawings 53 (2015), pp.191-206.
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.346.17) (undescribed drawn copy); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (17) (Lucas van Leyden; copy)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Abraham; Representation of: Hagar; Representation of: Ishmael; Representation of: Isaac
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,1125.2
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