BLES, Herri met de
(b. ca. 1510, Bouvignes (Dinant), d. after 1550)

Landscape with the Repudiation of Hagar and Ishmael

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Oil on panel, 20 x 33 cm
Private collection

In the sixteenth century, Old Testament's sacred texts inspired painters by allowing them to illustrate scenes that had never been portrayed until then. The illustration of the Scriptures gradually became a pretext for the creation of vast exotic landscapes teeming with forests, mountains and rivers.




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