1612_Abraham_Casting_Out_Hagar_and_Ishmael_Lastman.txt

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Pieter Lastman ca. 1583 – 1633
Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

oil on panel (48 × 71 cm) — 1612
Kunsthalle, Hamburg

This work is linked to Genesis 21:14

When Abraham’s wife Sara bears him a child at a very advanced age, Abraham decides to get rid of his slave-girl Hagar and their son Ishmael. Here the two are sent into the desert.

Pieter Lastman biography

Pieter Lastman

ca. 1583 - 1633

Full name: Pieter Pieterszoon Lastman. North-Netherlandish painter, born and died in Amsterdam.

A historical painter, Lastman would choose historical, mythological or biblical events as subject for his paintings. He traveled through Italy in 1604 and 1605.

Typical of his work are the harsh colors. Lastman is known for having taught Jan Lievens and most of all, Rembrandt van Rijn.