Cleveland Museum of Art

Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels

Francesco Guardi

Date: 1750s
Medium: oil on canvas
Culture: Italy, 18th century
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

Three of the four pictures in the series depict episodes from the life of the Old Testament figure of Abraham, beginning with the angels appearing to Abraham. According to Genesis 18, Abraham met three men at midday, and, recognizing that they were angels, humbly bowed down to them with his face touching the ground. The encounter incongruously takes place before a marble, classical portico in which a woman lurks, presumably his wife Sarah.

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