Hagar in the Wilderness
Camille Corot
$63.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
Hagar in the Wilderness, painted in 1835 by the French master Camille Corot, stands as one of the artist's most ambitious and emotionally resonant works. Conceived during Corot's formative years, the monumental canvas depicts the biblical figure of Hagar — the Egyptian handmaiden of Abraham — cast out into the desert with her infant son Ishmael. The scene, drawn from the Book of Genesis, is rendered with quiet pathos and spiritual gravity, capturing the moment of divine mercy as an angel descends to offer comfort to the desperate exile.
Corot's treatment of the landscape is particularly remarkable: the vast, luminous sky and softly diffused light reflect his deep admiration for the Italian countryside, observed during his travels to Rome. The composition balances classical grandeur with the emerging naturalistic sensibility that would define the Barbizon school and pave the way for Impressionism. The figures are tender yet monumental, embedded harmoniously within a scene of sweeping wilderness.
Held in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this masterpiece is now available as a premium stretched canvas reproduction, printed on museum-quality matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to display and crafted to honor the grandeur of the original.
| Artist | Camille Corot |
| Year | 1835 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 71 x 106 1/2 in. (180.3 x 270.5 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Romanticism |
