Sarah presents Hagar to Abraham by the Dutch golden age painter Mathias Stom (c. 1600 - after 1649). That’s a rare scenery. Stom depicts here how the old Sarah brings her young and fertile (!) servant Hagar to the bed of her beloved husband, a really enormous sacrifice.
COMPLETED - Medillina Magnifica
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Medinilla Magnifica in bloom on stack of books with little orchid praying
mantis.
24"x24" acrylic on stretched canvas
I love plants, especially...
Wow...in browsing a whole bunch of religious type paintings, I have never, ever seen this one. Thanks for posting.
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