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Hospitality of Abraham   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Russia)Unknown author
Title
Hospitality of Abraham
Description
English: 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 interpreted the three angels as Old Testament precursors of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, so the icon is inscribed "The Holy Trinity". The meal that the angels bless mirrors the sacrament of the Lord's Supper celebrated behind the iconostasis during the Divine Liturgy.
Date circa 1600
date QS:P571,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Early Modern)
Medium tempera on wood
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 153.6 cm (60.4 in); width: 127.3 cm (50.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,153.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,127.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.1185
Place of creation Yaroslavl, Russia
Object history
Exhibition history Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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