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Object Type
print
Museum number
Sheepshanks.2908
Title
Series:
The story of Hagar
Description
The dismissal of Hagar; Hagar kneeling in left foreground next to her son Ishmael and in front of Abraham, who is pointing to right with his right hand; Abraham's wife Sarah standing outside the doorway at far left; at centre right view of a landscape with a lake at the foot of an overgrown hill with a ruined castle; from a series of four prints. 1620 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Moyses van Wtenbrouck
Published by:
Willem Jansz.
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1620
Production place
Published in:
Hague, The
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
131 millimetres
Width:
184 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is second state, for impressions of later states of this plate see S.2909-2910 and S.6859.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(1.II)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(V.86.2)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
old testament
Associated names
Representation of:
Hagar
Representation of:
Ishmael
Representation of:
Abraham
Representation of:
Sarah
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
W & G Smith
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
John Sheepshanks
Acquisition date
1836
Acquisition notes
For the history of the acquisition of the Sheepshanks collection, please see Sheepshanks.1
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Sheepshanks.2908
Additional IDs
Other BM number:
S.2908