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Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away by Abraham

Artist Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620–1691)
Artist Hendrik Mommers (Dutch, ca. 1623–1697)
Title Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away by Abraham
Date 17th century
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 44 in. (76.2 x 111.8 cm)
Framed: 35 7/16 × 49 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (90 × 125.3 × 4 cm)
Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 61.43

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In this scene, based on Genesis 21:14, Abraham banishes his Egyptian concubine Hagar and their son Ishmael, whom his wife, Sarah, considers a rival to her own son, Isaac. The Italianate landscape, complete with a classical ruin, is typical of both Aelbert Cuyp, a leading landscape painter in seventeenth-century Holland, and Hendrick Mommers, who spent some time in Italy. Over the centuries, the oil paint has become translucent, allowing us to detect the panel’s wood grain.


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