An oil on canvas painting titled "Hagar and Ishmael," by the Anglo-American painter Benjamin West, begun in 1776 and reworked in 1803. It shows Hagar and her son Ishmael, sent away into the wilderness, at the moment God provides them water. Ishmael is remembered in Genesis as Abraham's firstborn son and, in later tradition, as the ancestor of the Ishmaelite peoples. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Wing, under accession 95.22.8.
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MediumOil on canvas, Benjamin West, 1776, reworked 1803, Metropolitan Museum of Art 95.22.8 1 Medium (class) Connections
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Hagar, Figures This source names Hagar directly: "An oil on canvas painting titled "Hagar and Ishmael," by the Anglo-American painter Benjamin West, begun in 1776 and reworked in 1803."
Source Hagar and Ishmael, accession 95.22.8 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Source Hagar and Ishmael, accession 95.22.8 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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The Met's own title for this painting names the subject outright, "Hagar and Ishmael," and the composition centers Ishmael as the child at Hagar's side rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Hagar and Ishmael, accession 95.22.8 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 95.22.8
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An oil on canvas painting titled "Hagar and Ishmael," by the Anglo-American painter Benjamin West, begun in 1776 and reworked in 1803.
Originated In: United States, Object record: Culture
Culture: American
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