Halt of Caravans at the Wells of Saba (Beersheba) in the Desert South of Hebron

Charles de Coubertin

1850 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

References to the wells of Abraham, as they are commonly known, are found in Genesis (21:23–24 and 26:23–33). Coubertin typically painted religious subjects, but in this picture he depicted the site as a scene of contemporary life. This painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1850–51.

Artist

Charles de Coubertin

Date

1850

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017