”DISMISSAL OF HAGAR BY ABRAHAM”. MINIATURE. AFTER VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT (LEINDEN, 1606 – AMSTERDAM, 1669). 18TH CENTURY.
Antiques - Paintings
Reference: Z6786
“Abraham disowning Hagar.” According to the model of VAN RIJN, Rembrandt (Leinden, 1606 – Amsterdam, 1669). Framed miniature. 18th century. The scene is set in an idealized landscape. In the foreground, a venerable old man, richly dressed (blue tunic, yellow belt and red cape with ermine, with a colorful matching turban), is moving, indicating the act with his hands, towards a woman who covers her face, thus showing the artist his sorrow. She is accompanied by a child, with his back to the viewer, and carrying a series of bundles and a vase, suggesting a journey. On the left, in some humble buildings, There is an old woman leaning out to see the scene, smiling, while a young boy does the same as her, opening a wooden door from which a small dog runs out. It shows a story from Genesis. The story tells that Sarah agreed to allow Abraham to have offspring from an Egyptian slave, Hagar, a union from which Ishmael was born. However, when Sarah had Isaac thanks to a miracle, she convinced Abraham that expel Sarah and her son. The anecdotal detail of presenting Sara looking out smiling, the dog, Sara's sorrow, etc. can also be appreciated in the painting of the same theme by the Flemish Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen (1728-1811), in which Abraham also appears with a cloak. red and turban, but the composition and setting differ; in the painting by Jan Victors from around 1635 (Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest), with Sara and her son smiling; etc. However, some drawings by Rembrandt are preserved (Herbert F . Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University two by Rembrandt; this institution has another, probably from the 18th century and anonymous but very similar; and there is another by the artist in the Metropolitan Museum) made in 1637 the master's that follow , almost point by point, the present work except, logically, in the color and in the background, where the architectures of the baroque master are replaced by a landscape.
· Size: 15,x18,5 / 28x30 cms.
4.000 €
