Hagar Sent into the Wildnerness
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
sheet: 22 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. (57.4 x 40.4 cm) plate: 20 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (52.1 x 34.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.555.9
Art Historical Context
**Hagar Sent into the Wilderness (1758) is a collaborative print by Italian artists Giuseppe Zocchi, Francesco Bartolozzi, and Wagner, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department Depicting a pivotal biblical scene from Genesis, portrays Hagar and her son Ishmael cast out into the desert by Abraham and Sarah,oking themes of exile, divine providence, and human vulnerability. Zocchi, known for his lively Rococo scenes of Florence, likely provided the original design, while master engravers Bartolozzi Wagner translated it into intricate lines, capturing the emotional dram...
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giuseppe Zocchi|Joseph Wagner · 1727–1815
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815) was an Italian engraver whose most productive period was spent in London, where he became the leading exponent of stipple engraving and a founding member of the Royal Academy. Born in Florence and trained first as a painter before turning to engraving in Venice, he established his reputation in Rome before being recruited by the English Royal Librarian Richard Dalt...