Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels

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Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels

1708-1712

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Italian, 1654–1727)

Chiari was one of the central figures bridging the transition between the late Baroque and early Neoclassicism in eighteenth-century Roman painting. This drawing illustrates an Old Testament scene from the book of Genesis in which the patriarch Abraham is visited by three angels disguised as mortals, for whom he prepares a grand banquet, unaware of their heavenly status.

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Object Details

Title:

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels

Date:

1708-1712

Artist:

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Italian, 1654–1727)

Medium:

Red chalk over graphite, on cream laid paper, mounted down

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches (28.6 x 56.9 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

Bequest of Anthony Morris Clark, 1978

Accession Number:

1978-70-234

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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