30. Willem Willemsz Thibaud
(ca. 1524-ca. 1597)
Hagar Gives Ishmael a Jug to Drink From

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Thibaud: Hagar Gives Ishmael a Jug

Hagar Gives Ishmael a Jug to Drink From

Etching, and engraving, 1563, 203 x 238 mm., Nagler Mon. I-2124 ii/ii, Nagler KL 2 ii/ii, Hollstein 4 ii/ii from The Story of Hagar. A fine impression on laid paper trimmed on the borderline, which is visible in places on all sides. In the second state (as here) the date has been changed to1580. The story is from Genesis. After Hagar and Ishmael were cast into the wilderness, they used up the small supply of water given them by Abraham, and Hagar moved far away from her son and closed her eyes, saying, "Let me not see the death of the child...And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer." (Genesis 21). The artist's name and date has been added in ink with a reference to another plate in the set. Thibaut was born in Gouda and worked there and in Antwerp; only four prints (this set) are known by him.