1806. Engraved by A. Lefebre.—Landon, Musée, xiii. Plates 1-3; Galerie de Versailles, No. 660; Berthier, Relation de l'Expédition d'Égypte, 185.
ABRAHAM AND ANGELS (Genesis
xviii. 2), Murillo, Duke of Norfolk, London;
canvas, H. 6 ft. 4 in. × 8 ft. 1 in. Three
angels, habited as pilgrims and bearing
staves, two seated at a table and one standing;
Abraham approaching, bearing a
dish of smoking meat; behind him, Sarah
at the door of the house; in background,
Hagar and Ishmael. Engraved by G. E.
Price; mezzotint by G. S. and J. G. Facius.—Curtis,
117.
By Murillo, Stafford House, London; canvas, H. 7 ft. 9 in. × 8 ft. 6 in. On left, three angels, habited as pilgrims and bearing staves; Abraham, kneeling, pointing with both hands to his house behind, invites them to enter. Companion to St. Peter in Prison, Hermitage; one of eight large pictures painted in 1670-1674 for Hospital of La Caridad, Seville; carried off by Marshal Soult, who sold it (1835), with the Prodigal Son by Murillo and St. Francis Borgia by Velasquez, to Duke of Sutherland for 500,000 fr. Engraved in outline, Réveil, iv. 271.—Palomino, iii. 422; Cean Bermudez; Stirling, ii. 852; Ponz, Viage, ix. 147; Curtis, 115; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 68.
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Abraham and Angels, Murillo, Stafford House.
ABRAHAM AND HAGAR. See Hagar.
ABRAHAM, HISTORY
OF. See Raphael's
Bible.
ABRAHAM, SACRIFICE
OF (Genesis xxii.),
Cris. Allori, Palazzo Pitti,
Florence; canvas, H. 5 ft.
7 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. Abraham,
about to sacrifice
Isaac in a rocky place,
has his arm arrested by
an angel who points to
the ram in the thicket;
in back-ground, two servants
and a pack-horse.
Engraved by Rossi.—Gal.
du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 2.
By Murillo, Wm. C. Cartwright, Aynhoe, Northamptonshire, Eng.; canvas, H. 2 ft. 9 in. × 3 ft. 7 in. Abraham, in a white turban, blue coat, and red mantle, has a brazier of coals in his right hand while his left rests on his sword; Isaac, in red and blue, walks before, carrying wood. Brought from Spain in 1760 by John Blackwood, from whom obtained by inheritance.—Curtis, 117.
By Raphael, Stanza d'Eliodoro, Vatican; fresco on ceiling. Abraham holding Isaac on the altar and about to complete the sacrifice when an angel arrests his arm; another angel descending from heaven with the ram. Painted in 1513-14.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 346; Passavant, i. 159; Müntz, 370; Gruyer, Fresques, 241.
By Rembrandt, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 6 ft. 3 in. × 4 ft. 3 in Abraham,
