The angel appearing to Hagar in the wilderness as she folds her hands next to the sleeping Ishmael
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 8 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (22.1 × 23.9 cm) Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 3/16 in. (53.1 × 38.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1960
Accession Number
60.708(119)
About the Artist
Andrea Sacchi|Charles Simonneau · 1599–1661
Son and pupil of Benedetto Sacchi. He then worked with Francesco Albano and studied Raphael, Polidoro da Caravaggio and the artists of antiquity. He later trained numerous pupils, most notably Lauri, Gazzi and Carlo Maratti. Comment on works: Portrait; History