1625
unspecified
From the collection of National Museum of Ancient Art
Repúdio de Agar is a 1625 unspecified by Pedro Orrente, a Spanish Baroque Tenebrist work, depicting Abraham, held at National Museum of Ancient Art.
The painting depicts a scene with a group of people and animals in a rural setting. In the foreground, a man in a dark robe gestures towards a woman and child, while another woman tends to a child on the left. A dog and several birds are also present. The background features a landscape with trees and a body of water. The scene is rendered in muted colors, with a focus on earth tones. The brushwork is loose and expressive, with visible texture in some areas. This painting is reminiscent of the work of Spanish Baroque artists, who often explored themes of everyday life and the natural world. To learn more about this style, look up the artist Pedro Orrente.
Pedro de Orrente (April 1580 – 19 January 1645) was a Spanish painter of the early Baroque period. He became one of the first artists in that part of Spain to paint in a Naturalistic style.
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