Artwork Depicting Scenes from Abraham's Life

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Marc Chagall (Russian-born French painter, 1887-1985), "Abraham Slaying Isaac," Huile sur toile, 230 X 235 cm. Larger image.

There's a rich body of paintings surrounding Abraham's life, though they tend to focus on a very few incidents:

• The sacrifice of Isaac (most popular because of its obvious drama)
• Meeting Melchizedek
• Entertaining the three angels
• Hagar in the desert

with a few other scattered incidents. I enjoy fine art and hope this collection interests you too. These are in no particular order. See also: Portraits of Jesus Christ and Artwork of the Apostle Paul.

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David Smira, Abraham's Devotion to God I (Abraham sacrificing Isaac, contemporary).

Caravaggio (1573-1610), The Sacrifice of Isaac, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Bouts, Dieric the Elder (1415-1475), The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (1464-67), oil on wood, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven.

Abraham Sacrificing Isaac (Chinese)

Loggia di Raffaello

• 13. Abraham and Melchizedek
• 14. God Appears to Abraham
• Abraham and the Three Angels
• 16. Lot flees from Sodom

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Lot and His Daughters (1496/1499), oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)

• Lot and His Family Leaving Sodom (1652/1655),
  pen and light brown ink, 20.5 x 29.5 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
• Abraham and Isaac (1645), Etching and burin, sole state. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• The Sacrifice of Abraham (1635), Oil on canvas, 193 x 133 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
• Abraham's Sacrifice (1655), etching and drypoint, sheet: 15.7 x 13.4 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
• Abraham Caressing Isaac (1637), etching, 4.6 x 3.5.
• Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael (1637), Bartsch 30 etching, only state ... 13x10cm
• Abraham Entertaining the Angels (1656) etching and drypoint. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Boruch Nachson (contemporary Israeli artist), Avraham Welcoming the Three Angels (acrylic on canvas).

Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530, Florentine artist), The Sacrifice of Abraham (poplar, 213x159 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden)

Petrus-Paulus Rubens (1577-1640), 

• Le sacrifice d'abraham, ceiling
• Le sacrifice d'Isaac par Abraham, H. : 0,50 m. ; L. : 0,65 m., Lourve
• La Rencontre d'Abraham et de Melchisédech, H. : 0,49 m. ; L. : 0,65 m., Lourve
• Lot verlässt mit seiner Familie Sodom, Leinwand; 2030 x 2290 cm; um 1615; Würzburg, Martin-v.-Wagner-Museum

North wall, mosaic, San Vitale in Ravenna, left side angels announce to Abraham that Sarah will bear a son. Right side shows sacrifice of Isaac.

Abraham calling out to God before sacrificing Isaac. Artist unknown.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian Artist, 1669-1770)

• The Sacrifice of Isaac (1726-29), Fresco, 4000 x 5000 cm, Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine
• The Angel Succouring Hagar (1732), Oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm, Scuola di San Rocco, Venice
• The Three Angels Appearing to Abraham (1726-1729), Fresco, 4000 x 2000 cm, Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine
• Hagar in the Wilderness (1726-1729), Fresco, Palazzo Patriarcale, Udine

Donatello, Sacrifice of Isaac, statue, Duomo, Florence

Brunelleschi, panel, Abraham sacrifices Isaac, Baptistery door, Florence.

Adriaen van der Werff, (Dutch Baroque painter, 1659-1722)

• Sarah présente Agar l'Egyptienne à Abraham pour qu'elle donne à ce dernier un enfant, H. : 0,44 m. ; L. : 0,35 m, Lourve. At State Hermitage Museum, Sarah Bringing Hagar to Abraham (1696). Also at Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim, (1699), Oil on canvas, 76,3 x 61 cm.
• Abraham Sends Hagar into Desert,  collodion on glass with applied color., among Briggs Co, et al. Lantern Slides, Eastman Kodak. Transparency, 

Stomer, Sarah Menant Agar A Abraham, Chantilly

Philip van Dyck (Dutch painter, 1680-1753), Sarah présente Agar comme seconde épouse à Abraham, Abraham renvoyant Agar et Ismaël (1708), H. : 0,50 m. ; L. : 0,41 m., Lourve

Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (Italian painter, 1654-1727), Agar et l'ange, Vers 1705, H. : 1,11 m. ; L. : 0,86 m., Lourve

Pierre Courteys, Plaque : Le Sacrifice d'Abraham, 2e moitié du XVIe siècle, Limoges, Émail peint sur cuivre, H. : 15,20 cm. ; L. : 13 cm., Lourve

Abraham and Isaac, stained glass panel, (c.1485) from the south clerestory (window K) of the Great Malvern Priory, Worchestere.

Abraham Leaving Ur: Faith, Tiffany windows (1890s) designed by J.A. Holzer. Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA.

The Covenant with Abraham, stained glass window. Whatley Chapel, University of Denver, north garden window.

Several sepia pictures of Abraham's life, no artist given.

Marc Chagall à Nice

• Le Sacrifice d'Isaac, Message biblique, Huile sur toile, H. 230 ; L. 235 The Binding.
• Abraham et Isaac en route vers le lieu du Sacrifice, Message biblique, 1931 - gouache 62 x 48.5. Another
• Hagar in the Desert (1960), original Lithograph from the Bible suite from VERVE 37/38 summer 1960- Unnumbered  and unsigned edition  14" X 11".
• Several lithographs at Marc Chagall Online Catalogue, GOLEM.
• Sarah and Abraham (M122)
• Sarah and Abimelech (1960) (M239)
• Sarah and the angels (M240)
• Hagar in the desert (M241)
• Abraham and the 3 angels (M948)

Károly Ferenczy, Isaac's Sacrifice (Sacrifice of Abraham, 1901), Oil on canvas, 143,5 x 167,4 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Laurent de La Hire (French artist, 1606-1656), Abraham Sacrificing Isaac (1650); Musee Saint-Denis, Reims

John Martin, The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, BBC

Gustave Doré (French illustrator, 1832-1883), black and white illustrations

• Abraham and Isaac climb Mt. Moriah (1866).  l'épreuve d'Abraham (détail montrant Isaac) 
• Abraham Visited by the 3 Angels (1866)
• Lot's family fleeing Sodom (1866)
• Abraham Sends Away Hagar and Ishmael (1866). Another
• The Burial of Sarah (1866)
• Hagar Crying out to God, 

Danish Church Art.

William Blake (ca. 1820), Abraham and Isaac

Alfred Hallett (1914-1986), Abraham Sacrificing Isaac

Biblical Art on the Internet. Links to pictures of Hagar, Second Trip

Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937),

• Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1929-1930), Tempera and varnish on cardboard, 20 3/8 x 36 inches (51.8 x 91.4 cm), High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
• Abraham's Oak

Altar Windows of Sacrifice, St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, Louisville, KY

• The Offering of Melchisedek
• Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac

Melchizedek, Abraham, and Isaac, Jambs statues, left side of central portal, Chartes Cathedral (1205-1240) Melchizedek is on the left carrying a censer and cup of wine. To his right is Abraham with a knife in his right hand, his left hand at bound Isaac's neck.

Stained glass windows, Vocation d’Abraham, Bénédiction d’Abraham par Melchisédech, and Sacrifice d’Isaac, Cathédrale de Joliette, Canada

Abraham and Isaac, stained glass window, Christ Church, Pompton Lakes, NJ

Links to pictures of Abraham's sacrifice, France

Enluminure 15, Greece, Abraham's Sacrifice, Monastery Slavoniketa

Dughut, England, Landscape With Abraham And Isaac, London Ng

Domenichino,16, Italy, Le Sacrifice D'isaac, Madrid

Catacombe Priscilla, 04, Italy, The Sacrifice Of Abraham

Bill Burg, Abraham and Isaac, oil on panel, 1998, 18" X 24"

Capitals of cathedral columns. Saint Georges de Boscherville, chapiteau de la salle capitulaire, Dieu ordonne à Sarah et Abraham de partir pour Canaan. Sacrifice d'Isaac, ébrasement du portail de Saint Servais, à Maastricht (gauche) et chapiteau de Autun (droite)

Sacrifice of Isaac, unknown artist.

Claude Lorrain (French painter, 1600-1682), The Departure of Hagar and Ishmael (1668), Oil on canvas, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Khatchatur, Gospel Book: The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1455, Greater Armenia, Lake Van region, active mid-fifteenth century, Vellum, 10 13/16 x 7 1/16ins (27.5 x 18 cm). The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Clipart, BW images of scenes from Abraham's Life.

Surroundings Shut Cornelis (1597-1655), Abraham and Isaac, Oil on canvas
Size: 102 x 87

Abraham e Isaac. Salterio de San Luis, siglo XIII (Biblioteca Nacional, París)

Capital 57. The Sacrifice of Isaac. The capitals and square pillars seem to be original, but during the time of Abbot Bertrand de Montaigu (1260-1293), Moissac

Very rare oak group of Abraham and Isaac (High 21 Cm). From an altarpiece. Netherlands about 1520. Bruno Speybrouck, Kortrijk, België

Phillip Ratner, Ratner Bible, illustrations include: Lot's Wife, Abraham and the Angels, the Birth of Isaac, the Binding of Isaac, and a striking drawing of Abraham and Isaac. Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD

Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455), bas relief, Abraham and Isaac (1401), Calimala (Cloth Dealer’s Guild) goldsmiths in Silk Guild

Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli, 1639-1709, Italian), Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac (1685-90), Oil on canvas, 160.7 x 131.1 cm (63-1/4 x 51-5/8 in ), High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Pieter Coeck van Aelst, Abraham's Sacrifice of Isaac, painted oak statue, 1502-1555, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Detail.

Abraham's Offering by Jan Lievens (Dutch painter, 1607-1674), Herzog Anton-Ulrich Museum, Germany. Moving picture of Abraham embracing Isaac after the angel stopped the sacrifice.

Meridian Magazine, unknown artist, Abraham Viewing the Stars.

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German painter, 1794-1872)

• God showing Abraham the Stars, engraving, from "Bibel in Bildern" (1851-60).
• King of Salem Blessing Abraham

Contemporary painting, artist unknown, Abraham Looking Up at the Stars

Icon Righteous Abraham Forefather, Orthodox Church in America

Pieter Jozef Verhaghen (Flemish painter, 1728-1811), Hagar and Ishmael Banished by Abraham (1781), Oil on canvas, 168 x 195 cm, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Georg Pencz (German 1500-50), Abraham Entertaining Angels, 16th century engraving, 2 x 3.25 inches

Karel Dujardin (Dutch Painter, 1622-1678), Hagar and Ishmael in the Wilderness (c. 1662), Oil on canvas, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota

Frederick Goodall (1822-1904)

• Hagar and Ishmael, Attributed to Frederick Goodall.
• Hagar and Ishmael (1879)
• Rachel and her Flock (1893, a copy of the original 1874 painting)

Nicolas Poussin (French Painter, 1594-1665)

• Hagar and the Angel (c. 1660), Oil on canvas, 100 x 75 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
• Eliezer et Rebecca (16480, H. : 1,18 m. ; L. : 1,99 m., Lourve

Jan PROVOST ? (1465-1529), Abraham, Sarah et l'ange, H. : 0,71 m. ; L. : 0,58 m., Lourve

Edmonia Lewis, Hagar, carved 1875, marble statue, 52 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 14 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum

Richard McBee (1947- ), contemporary artist, New York City

• Abraham Praying (1996), Ink & Gouache (10 ¾ x 14)
• Sarah's Fear (1999), Pen & Ink
• Sarah, Abraham, & The Strangers (2000), Monotype (12 x 12)
• Abraham and Sarah and the Guests - 12" X 12" (2000)
• Sarah and the Three Angels - 16" X 20", Oil and collage
• Abraham Leaves Isaac - 12" X 12", Monoprint

Unknown artist, Hagar and the Angel, Cardiff

Unknown artist, paintings of Hagar in the Wilderness and Abraham Sacrificing Isaac

Unknown artist, Abraham Emigrating to Canaan, contemporary

Orna Ben-Shoshan (contemporary Israeli artist)

• Hagar, with angel filling water containers in the desert
• Abraham with the three angels

Bartsius, Father Abraham Pleading with Sarah, Getty Museum

Maurice Lamouroux, The Illustrated Bible, has links to many great works on Abraham and other Bible characters.

• Abraham meets three angels and a son is promised, 25 paintings
• Birth of Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael are sent away, 23 paintings

• The sacrifice of Abraham, 44 paintings

Abraham Bloemaert and workshop, Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, Dutch,1638, Oil on canvas, 57 ³/₄ x 71 in., Getty Museum

François Boucher (French painter, 1703-1770), Rébecca recevant des mains d'Eliezer les présents d'Abraham, Avant 1727, H. : 0,46 m. ; L. : 0,37 m., Lourve

Gérard de Lairesse (1641-1711), Abraham recevant les trois anges du Seigneur qui vont lui annoncer la prochaine naissance de son fils Isaac, H. : 1,20 m. ; L. : 1,64 m., Lourve

Pierre Reymond, Plate : Abraham refuse les présents du roi de Sodome (Vers 1575), Limoges, Émail peint sur cuivre, H. : 38,90 cm. ; L. : 50,10 cm., Lourve

Martin, John (English painter, 1789-1854), Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, 1852, the Laing Gallary. 

James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902)

• The Caravan of Abram (1896-2002), goauache on board, 7-7/16x 3-5/16 in. The Jewish Museum, New York.
• Hagar and the Angel in the Desert
• Abraham Giving Counsel to Sarah (Jewish Museum, New York)
• God Renews His Promises to Abraham
• Abraham Guarding His Sacrifice
• God Promises to Abraham
• The Offerings of Melchizedek, watercolor
• Abraham Sees Sodom Burning
• The Egyptians Admire Sarah's Beauty
• Sarai is taken to Pharaoh's Palace
• Sarai sendeth Hagar Away
• Ishmael the Archer
• Isaac Bears Wood for his Sacrifice, 22.2 x 13.8 cm. Isaac Bears the Wood for His Sacrifice.
• The Offering of Abraham
• Abraham's Servant Meeteth Rebecca, 26.2 x 19.8. Le Serviteur d’Abraham Recontre Rébecca, 21.59 cm x 16.51 cm
• Kings of the Five Cities
• Rebecca Meets Isaac
• Abram's Counsel to Sarai
• Abraham and the Three Angels
• Sarah hears and laughs
• Sodomites
• Daughters of Lot
• Sarah portrait  (clipart collection) B&W. Sarah the Beautiful
• Hagar departeth from Abraham

Melchizedek

• Bouts, Dieric the Elder (Dutch painter, ca. 1415-1475), The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (1464-67), Oil on wood, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven
• Raphael, Abraham and Melchizedek, Loggia di Raffaello 13, Vatican
• Peter Paul Reubens (1577-1640), The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek (1625), National Gallery of Art, oil on wood, 82x66 cm.
• Abraham and Melchizedek, fresco, The Monastery of al-Baramus (Deir al-Baramus, Monastery of the Romans) at Wadi al-Natrun, Egypt. Shows Melchizedek giving Abraham communion.
• Melchizedek Blesses Abraham, The Story of the Bible by Charles Foster (Illustrations by F.B. Schell and others), B&W

Abraham Christian art from the Catacombs

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