Marc Chagall - Abraham and the Tree Angels 1960-1966

Marc Chagall - Abraham and the Tree Angels 1960-1966

The painting "Abraham and the Three Angels" was painted by Marc Chagall in the period from 1960-1966. The painting is made in oil, in the style of primitivism. The canvas "Abraham and Three Angels" depicts the scene of the meeting of the first of the great Jewish patriarchs of the Old Testament, the ancestor of the Israeli people, Abraham with three angels. Their very appearance in Christianity was called the Old Testament Trinity.This painting is part of a series of works by the artist "The Biblical Message" - a series of engravings and drawings on biblical themes, the creation of which Chagall began back in the 1930s.