Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Abraham and the Three Angels
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Abraham and the Three Angels
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Alternate Title:
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Abraham et les trois anges
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Image View:
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Detail, Abraham and Sarah
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Creator:
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Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
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Location:
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repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
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Location Note:
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Avenue Dr Ménard
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GPS:
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+43.709167+7.269536
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Date:
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1960-1966 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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painting (visual work)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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oil paint on canvas
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Technique:
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oil painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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190 cm (height) x 292 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Angels
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Description:
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The museum was created during the lifetime of the artist, with the support of the Minister of Culture André Malraux, and inaugurated in 1973. It houses the series of seventeen paintings illustrating the biblical message, painted by Chagall and offered to the French State in 1966. This series illustrates the books of Genesis, Exodus and the Song of Songs. This painting shows three angels, divine messengers, who have come to announce the imminent birth of a son to the elderly Abraham and Sarah. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-CHAGALL-AATA-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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