Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels
1750s
Francesco Guardi
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)
European Painting and Sculpture
Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels, 1750s. Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793). Oil on canvas; framed: 70.5 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 3/4 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.235.4 Three of the four pictures in the series depict episodes from the life of the Old Testament figure of Abraham, beginning with the angels appearing to Abraham. According to Genesis 18, Abraham met three men at midday, and, recognizing that they were angels, humbly bowed down to them with his face touching the ground. The encounter incongruously takes place before a marble, classical portico in which a woman lurks, presumably his wife Sarah.
- Maker/Artist
- Guardi, Francesco
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 70.5 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 3/4 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1952.235.4
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Mostra dei Guardi, The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, June 5 - October 10, 1965: "Mostra dei Guardi," cat. no. 59, p. 412 (as Francesco)<br>Approved: Trustees' Minutes 6/21/1965<br>Oklahoma City Museum of Art (9/9/2010 - 1/2/2011): "The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art", cat. no. 7, p. 54.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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