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The subject of The Trinity received various interpretations at different time periods, but by the 19th–20th century the consensus among scholars was the following: the three angels who visited Abraham represented the Christian Trinity, "one God in three persons" – the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. [12]
The usual Orthodox representation of the Trinity was through the "Old Testament Trinity" of the three angels visiting Abraham - said in the text to be "the Lord" (Genesis:18.1-15). However post-Byzantine representations similar to those in the West are not uncommon in the Greek world.
Abraham Serving the Three Angels is a 1646 oil-on-panel painting by Rembrandt. [1] [2] [3] The scene depicts Abraham, it is based on an episode from the Book of Genesis [4] and it has Mughal influence. [5] Today it is in a private collection since it was bought in an auction in 1848 for £64 (equivalent to $8,000 in 2023). [6]
Abraham and the Three Angels is a c. 1670-1674 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, now in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, which bought it in 1948. [ 1 ] The work is one of eight paintings commissioned for Seville 's Hermandad de la Caridad , to which the artist himself belonged and one of whose commandments was to ...
According to the Babylonian Talmud, Raphael (Hebrew: רְפָאֵל Rəfāʾēl, Tiberian: Răp̄āʾēl) was one of the three angels who appeared to Abraham in the oak grove of Mamre in the region of Hebron (Genesis 18; Bava Metzia 86b); [21] Michael, as the greatest, walked in the middle, with Gabriel to his right, and Raphael to his left ...
The story of the Philoxenia of Abraham comes from the book of Genesis 18:1-18, which describes Abraham's hospitality to the Lord when he appeared under the tree of Mamre in the form of three angels. [15] In the first scene, Abraham welcomes the three angels beneath the tree of Mamre. [14] In the second scene, Abraham is shown hosting the three ...
Antonello da Messina: Visit of the three angels to Abraham ; Artist: Antonello da Messina (1430–1479) Alternative names: Birth name: Antonello de Antonio. Description:
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