Hospitality of Abraham
This majestic painting was created for a large iconostasis, a screen separating the altar sanctuary from the nave in Orthodox churches. Here, Abraham and Sarah sacrifice a calf to honor their guests, who reveal themselves as angels (Genesis 18:1-10). Christian theologians inte...
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4308
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drawing
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normalized
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Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1185_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1185_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_37.1185_Fnt_TR_T04.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1185 |
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