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The image shows three figures positioned outdoors. The first person on the left is standing with their body turned to the side, gesturing with one hand. The second person, a woman, is standing beside a child, turned slightly to one side. The child has short hair and is wearing a tunic and cap with a contemplative expression. The background consists of a rustic setting with old stone ruins, a large tree, and a partially visible woman leaning out of a window behind the central figures. The scene has a detailed ornamental border that frames the composition.
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The image shows three figures positioned outdoors. The first person on the left is standing with their body turned to the side, gesturing with one hand. The second person, a woman, is standing beside a child, turned slightly to one side. The child has short hair and is wearing a tunic and cap with a contemplative expression. The background consists of a rustic setting with old stone ruins, a large tree, and a partially visible woman leaning out of a window behind the central figures. The scene has a detailed ornamental border that frames the composition.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Abraham Dismissing Hagar

Joseph Wagner (publisher) after Giuseppe Zocchi

Date
c. 1745
Medium
etching and engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 52.5 x 34.2 cm (20 11/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1984.84.9
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Old Testament Scenes

Subjects and terms

  • Italian
  • etching
  • Old Testament
  • religious
  • Abraham
  • engraving
Provenance

Liechtenstein Collection; (Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt); purchased 1984 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: G. Zocchi inven. / aa 10.; lower right in plate: Ex Calcographia Iosephi Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S.; across bottom in plate inscription in four lines

NGA object ID 65602. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.