Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2)Sacred Art & IconographySarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2)Engraving, Georg Pencz, German, ca. 1543, from The Story of Abraham, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012.136.766.2Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sarah-met-2012-136-766-2.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sarah-met-2012-136-766-2Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-sarah-presenting-hagar-to-abraham-metrop, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012.136.766.2)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sarah-met-2012-136-766-2}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn engraving titled "Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham, who sits at the foot of a bed," by Georg Pencz, ca. 1543, part of a print series titled "The Story of Abraham." The scene shows Sarah acting on her own decision, recorded in Genesis 16, to give her servant Hagar to Abraham as a surrogate after her own long childlessness. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 2012.136.766.2.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithHagar, Figures Well-attested This source names Hagar directly: "An engraving titled "Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham, who sits at the foot of a bed," by Georg Pencz, ca."Source Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, accession 2012.136.766.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionJudaism, Religions Well-attested Source Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, accession 2012.136.766.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsSarah, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this engraving names Sarah as the grammatical subject and actor of the scene, a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, accession 2012.136.766.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesSarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham, accession 2012.136.766.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 2012.136.766.2View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year