The Palm Offering
after Frederick Goodall, RA (1822 - 1904)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1863 - 1899
Materials
Oil on board
Measurements
145 x 110 mm
Collection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1258731
Caption
Hagar was the Egyptian servant of Abraham’s wife, Sarah. Abraham and Hagar had a child, Ishmael, but when Sarah miraculously gave birth to Isaac, she asked Abraham to banish Hagar and her son to the desert. When they ran out of food and water they sat down and Hagar could not bear to look at her child dying but, according to the biblical story, an angel appeared telling her that he would survive and become the father of a great nation, the Ishmaelites. Hagar then found a source of water. This Victorian depiction of mother and child may be the moment before or after Hagar has seen the angel.
Summary
Oil painting on board, The Palm Offering, after Frederick Goodall (1822-1904), mid to late 19th century
Provenance
Bequeathed by Ralph Bankes (1902-1981)
Makers and roles
after Frederick Goodall, RA (1822 - 1904), artist