Johann Georg Wille and Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Hagar Presented to Abraham by Sara
1700-1799
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- Artist: Johann Georg Wille
- Artist: Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
Hagar Presented to Abraham by Sara
1700-1799
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 419 x 531 mm. (16 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.)
Plate: 405 x 514 mm. (15 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Image: 358 x 504 mm. (14 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.940
Abraham speaking to the young Hagar, who is being introduced by the elderly Sara.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Peint par C.W.E. Dietrich Peintre de la Cour Electorale de Saxe"; LWRC: "Agar Presentee a Abraham par Sara / A Son Altesse..."; BR: "Grave par J.G. Wille Graveur du Roi..."; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1566". Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; BR: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.
Artist
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich
1711–1773
German, 1712-1774
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