Sacred Art & Iconography
Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2)
Engraving, Georg Pencz, German, ca. 1543, from The Story of Abraham, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012.136.766.2
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An engraving titled "Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham, who sits at the foot of a bed," by Georg Pencz, ca. 1543, part of a print series titled "The Story of Abraham." The scene shows Sarah acting on her own decision, recorded in Genesis 16, to give her servant Hagar to Abraham as a surrogate after her own long childlessness. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2012.136.766.2.
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Hagar, Figures This source names Hagar directly: "An engraving titled "Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham, who sits at the foot of a bed," by Georg Pencz, ca."
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Sarah, Figures The Met's own title for this engraving names Sarah as the grammatical subject and actor of the scene, a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
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