Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert – (Giovanni Strazza) Previous Next


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Size: 118 x 50 cm

Museum: Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Milan, Italy)

Technique: Sculpture

This sculpture depicts the biblical episode in which Ishmael—abandoned by his mother in the desert so she will not have to watch him die of thirst—faints, having finished all the water in the amphora behind him (Genesis, 21, 8–21). Ishmael was modeled by Strazza in 1884 in his studio in Palazzo Venezia, Rome, where it captured the attention of the city

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