Hagar and Ishmael
Primary
Richard Corbould
(London, England, 1757–1831)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1811
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 12 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (31.4 × 21.3 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 13/16 × 7 1/8 in. (27.5 × 18.1 cm)
Additional Dimension: 10 13/16 × 7 1/8 in. (27.5 × 18.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1820
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1820
On View
Not on viewThe biblical subject of Hagar and Ishmael was a standard motif of history painting and therefore readily acceptable to the art establishment. Here, however, Corbould uses it as a pretense to present a rich landscape articulated in the relatively new medium of lithography.
Exhibitions
Adriaen Collaert
1584-85
After Hans Bol
circa 1573
