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Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels

Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels

1750s
(Italian, 1712–1793)
Italy, 18th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 70.5 x 90.5 x 5.5 cm (27 3/4 x 35 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 56.5 x 75.5 cm (22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1952.235.4
Location: not on view

Description

Three of the four pictures in the series depict episodes from the life of the Old Testament figure of Abraham, beginning with the angels appearing to Abraham. According to Genesis 18, Abraham met three men at midday, and, recognizing that they were angels, humbly bowed down to them with his face touching the ground. The encounter incongruously takes place before a marble, classical portico in which a woman lurks, presumably his wife Sarah.
  • Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, March 29, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Alessandro Brass, invoice, July 5, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Antonio Morassi, letter to Neumann, Nov. 24, 1937, in CMA curatorial file.
    Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file.
    Morassi, Antonio, “A Signed Drawing by Antonio Guardi and the Problem of the Guardi Brothers,” Burlington Magazine 95 (August 1953): 267.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Morassi, Antonio. Guardi. Antonio e Francesco Guardi. Venezia: Alfieri, 1973.
    Alessandro Brass, letter to Henry S. Francis, Aug. 15, 1952, in CMA curatorial file.
    Nancy Coe Wixom, letter to Alessandro Bettagno, Oct. 22, 1969, in CMA curatorial file.
    Binion, Alice. Antonio and Francesco Guardi, Their Life and Milieu: With a Catalogue of Their Figure Drawings. New York: Garland Pub, 1976.
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 429 archive.org
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 146 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 146 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 3. European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: cat. 159D, p. 360 - 363
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 143 archive.org
  • The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art. Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK (organizer) (September 9, 2010-January 2, 2011).
    Oklahoma City Museum of Art (9/9/2010 - 1/2/2011): "The Allure of La Serenissima: Eighteenth-Century Venetian Art", cat. no. 7, p. 54.
    Approved: Trustees' Minutes 6/21/1965
    Mostra dei Guardi. Palazzo Grassi spa, 30124 Venice, Italy (organizer) (June 5-October 10, 1965).
    Venice, Palazzo Grassi, June 5 - October 10, 1965: "Mostra dei Guardi," cat. no. 59, p. 412 (as Francesco)
  • {{cite web|title=Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels|url=false|author=Francesco Guardi|year=1750s|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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