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Pieter de Grebber

Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

c. 1630s–50s
black and white chalks on antique laid blue paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The story of Hagar and her son Ishmael cast into the wilderness seen in this drawing was popular in 17th-century Holland for its emphasis on charity and compassion for immigrants.

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