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Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael
About the Artwork
In this drawing, the Haarlem artist Pieter de Grebber depicted the Old Testament subject of the handmaid Hagar and her son Ishmael being cast out into the wilderness by Abraham. A popular story in the Protestant Netherlands, its theme played into the society’s emphasis on charity and compassion for immigrants or outcasts. De Grebber focused the scene on Abraham’s dismissive gesture and Hagar’s tearfully wilted form, beautifully rendered with carefully shaded drapery.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pieter de Grebber (Dutch, 1590–1663)
- Date
- c. 1630s–50s
- Medium
- black and white chalks on antique laid blue paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 56.5 x 39.7 cm (22 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.); Matted: 62.9 x 41.3 x 0.3 cm (24 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 1/8 in.); Image: 43.4 x 27.8 cm (17 1/16 x 10 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 2019.3
Provenance
Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands March 4, 2019: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011300
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