Abraham and the Three Angels
Abraham and the Three Angels
Abraham and the Three Angels
Abraham and the Three Angels

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Abraham and the Three Angels,

15th–16th century

Post-Byzantine
y1949-136

Information

Title
Abraham and the Three Angels
Dates

15th–16th century

Medium
Fresco fragment
Dimensions
37.5 x 35.5 cm (14 3/4 x 14 in.) frame: 38.8 x 36.8 x 5.8 cm (15 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund
Object Number
y1949-136
Place Made

Balkan Peninsula

Marks/Labels/Seals
On back, in pencil: P1442 (Brummer number?); $550;
Period
Byzantine
Type
paintings
Subject
figures (representations), angels, religious art, men, Christianity, icons, halos (glories)

Purchased from Joseph Brummer Coll., Parke-Bernet, June 1949, no. 215.

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