Hagar in the desert (Pittoni)

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Hagar in the desert (Giambattista Pittoni)
Hagar in the desert
Giambattista Pittoni , around 1720
oil on wood
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari , Venice

Hagar in the desert (also known as "Agar confortata da un angelo nel deserto" or "Agar, comforted by an angel in the desert") is a biblical painting by the Italian Rococo artist Giambattista Pittoni (1687–1767). It is in the collection of the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice .

description

Hagar , Sara's Egyptian handmaid, was, according to the story in the biblical book of Genesis, the mother of Ishmael , the first son of Abraham . When Isaac , Sara's son, made fun of his brother Ishmael, Sarah asked Abraham to banish him along with his mother. Before Abraham sent them away, he gave them bread and a hose of water and sent them to the desert of Beersheba . When the water ran out, Hagar laid Ishmael under a bush to die and sat down to one side, weeping. But an angel appeared, traditionally the Archangel Michael , who revealed a nearby well to them, so that both were saved. Two scenes, the banishment and the appearance of the angel, are common in 17th century Italian and Dutch painting.

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literature

  • Franca Zava Boccazzi: Pittoni , Mondadori Electa, 1979, ISBN 884351220X
  • A. Augusti e S. Giacomelli Scalabrini, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Arte e devozione , Venezia 1994, p. 7th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gen 21: 9-21  EU
  2. ^ [1] Times of India, "21 Things to do in Venice: Stroll around the medieval church of Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari", Priti Zararia, New Delhi, India
  3. ↑ [2] , Tatler Philippines, "Tatler Tips: The Globetrotters 10 in Venice: 9. Soak in the arts", Manila, Philippines
  4. ^ [3] Fondazione Cini, Venezia, ID Scheda 507410