Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham

The painting was created by Luca Giordano in 1660, as indicated by both institutional documentation and the work’s Wikidata entry, which lists the inception year as 1660.

The work entered the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where it remains located. Its dimensions are recorded as 51 cm in height and 64 cm in width within the same record.

Luca Giordano's Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham, executed in 1660, is part of the permanent collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The painting, which depicts the biblical figures Abraham, Hagar, and Ishmael, is cataloged within the museum's holdings of religious art. While the specific inventory or accession number is not provided in the available records, the work is firmly attributed to the artist and dated to the early 1660s. No specific exhibition history or loan records are documented in the provided sources.

Luca Giordano's 1660 painting Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham depicts the biblical moment when Abraham rejects Hagar and her son Ishmael at Sarah's behest. Executed in oil on canvas measuring 64 cm by 51 cm, the work belongs to the religious art genre and exemplifies Giordano's mastery of dramatic narrative within the Baroque tradition. It is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where it remains part of their permanent collection, reflecting the enduring scholarly and critical interest in Giordano's religious compositions and his influence on later interpretations of Old Testament stories.

Luca Giordano’s 1660 oil painting titled Expulsion of Hagar by Abraham presents a biblical episode in a compact, dimly lit setting. The work is part of the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and measures the emotional tension between the figures through stark contrasts of light and shadow.