Sarah and Abraham, seated at table, are served by Hagar: Sarah demands that Abraham evict Hagar and Ishmael. Red chalk drawing after G. de Lairesse.

  • Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.
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Sarah and Abraham, seated at table, are served by Hagar: Sarah demands that Abraham evict Hagar and Ishmael. Red chalk drawing after G. de Lairesse. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced December 2023 : A man and a woman seated in a classical interior before a draped cloth, with small children and a young woman carrying a platter. Red chalk drawing.

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Genesis XXI.9-11 "And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son."

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1 drawing : red chalk ; sheet 9.2 x 10.6 cm

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Wellcome Collection 33695i

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