Sacred Art & Iconography

Hagar in the Wilderness (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.64)

Oil painting by Camille Corot, 1835, Metropolitan Museum of Art 38.64

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Divinity Atlas. "Hagar in the Wilderness (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.64)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/hagar-corot-met-38-64.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hagar in the Wilderness (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.64). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/hagar-corot-met-38-64

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@misc{divinityatlas-hagar-in-the-wilderness-metropolitan-mus,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Hagar in the Wilderness (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 38.64)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/hagar-corot-met-38-64},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

An oil painting titled "Hagar in the Wilderness," by Camille Corot, 1835, showing Hagar and her son Ishmael comforted by an angel after their expulsion into the desert, an episode from the Book of Genesis. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 38.64, European Paintings department, Rogers Fund, 1938.

Facts

Origins

Attributed To

Camille Corot, a French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon school. 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Ishmael

This source names Ishmael directly: "Corot, 1835, showing Hagar and her son Ishmael comforted by an angel after their expulsion into the desert, an episode from the Book of Genesis."

Source Hagar in the Wilderness, accession 38.64 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)