Pharaoh Gives Sarah Back to Abraham, Isaac Isaacsz, 1640

Identification

Title(s)

Pharaoh Gives Sarah Back to Abraham

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1191

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, bottom right: ‘Isaac Isacsen. Fecit Aº 1640’

Description

Farao geeft Sara aan Abraham terug. De handeling vindt plaats bovenaan de trappen voor het paleis van de koning. De koning staat rechts met een tulband op het hoofd en gekleed in een lange hermelijnen mantel. Achter hem hogepriesters en soldaten. Links Abraham met een hond.

Creation

Artist

painter: Isaac Isaacsz (signed by artist)

Dating

1640

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 96.9 cm × width 129.6 cm
outer size: depth 7.5 cm (support incl. frame)

Subject

What

Abraham is summoned before Pharaoh, and is ordered to leave Egypt with Sarah

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of A. Bredius, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 7-Jul-1885

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; acquired from the collection Werner Dahl, Düsseldorf, by Dr Abraham Bredius, for the museum, 7 July 1885{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 165, no. 399 (7 July 1885); RANH, ARS, no. 289, Kop, pp. 51-52, no. 136 (18 August 1885).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8796

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