The Angel Appearing to Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness
Pier Francesco Mola
c. 1645
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12.8 × 1.4 cm (5 1/16 × 9/16 in.) mount: 23.5 × 29.4 cm (9 1/4 × 11 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ann Sutherland Harris
Accession Number
2018.178.3
About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...