Hagar and Ishmael

Title

Hagar and Ishmael

Draughtsman

• Johann Heinrich Hasselhorst

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• coal?
• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit schwarzem Stift): H Hasselhorst

Captions Added Later

Verso auf dem Montierungsbogen Stempel der Städtischen Galerie, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2371c), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städtische Galerie

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1925/1926

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Hagar
• Ishmael

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 1,14-18

Primary

• 71C12841(+0) Hagar sits weeping after having put Ishmael under a bush to die (+ variant)
• 31A222 chest, bust
• 41D263 walking-stick, staff
• 41A774(+3) container of glass: bottle, jar, vase (+ ceramics and glass)