# An Angel Appearing to the Wife of Manoah

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SARACENI, Carlo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 41 x 56 cm

## Commentary

An Angel Appearing to the Wife of Manoah c. 1610 Oil on copper, 41 x 56 cm Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel The biblical subject of this painting was rarely depicted. It represents the scene of an angel announcing to the aged wife of Manoah the birth of her son Samson. Saraceni was mostly active as a figure painter and executed only a few landscapes. His landscapes rely heavily on the example of the German Adam Elsheimer.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/adoration-of-the-shepherds-re2d2a5ce1ec5ac>)
- [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/agony-in-the-garden-detail-r95399865fa1c0a>)
- [Agony in the Garden](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/agony-in-the-garden-r94f6370178d3c9>)
- [Drunkenness of Noah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/drunkenness-of-noah-r867747e340bc49>)
- [Ecstasy of St Francis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/ecstasy-of-st-francis-r4203fe482c8d95>)
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- [Saint Cecilia and the Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/saint-cecilia-and-the-angel-rcc7bb0a633fa4e>)
- [St Gregory the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/st-gregory-the-great-r56c976f2a5ae23>)
- [The Birth of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/the-birth-of-christ-r78707008b6b235>)
- [The Birth of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/the-birth-of-the-virgin-rcfa05bbb5f4b63>)
- [The Martyrdom of St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saraceni-carlo-rcac29ddf468fd7/the-martyrdom-of-st-cecilia-rba0745872499be>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)