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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Abraham and the Three Angels
Alternate Title:
Abraham et les trois anges
Image View:
Detail, two of the angels
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian painter, 1887-1985)
Location:
repository: Musée National Marc Chagall (Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Location Note:
Avenue Dr Ménard
GPS:
43.709167 7.269536
Date:
1960-1966 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
190 cm (height) x 292 cm (width)
Subjects:
contemporary (1960 to present); cycles or series; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Abraham (Biblical patriarch); Angels
Description:
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)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-CHAGALL-AATA-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Abraham and the Three Angels