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Engraving of an outdoor meal under a tree: three seated guests at a table, a bearded host in a robe gesturing, hens, firewood, and a house with a doorway.

Feast scene representing hospitality; alluding to Abraham and the three angels. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

An engraving shows an outdoor feast beneath a leafy tree, with three seated figures at a long table and a bearded man in a long robe reaching toward them in welcome. Firewood and hens fill the foreground, and at right a figure peers from an open doorway.

Artist
Christoph Murer
Date
1622
Medium
Emblem pictures Allegorical prints Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3467 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1622.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Hospitalidad: banquete al aire libre bajo un árbol, grabado (1622)

Un grabado muestra un banquete al aire libre bajo un frondoso árbol, con tres figuras sentadas a una larga mesa y un hombre barbado con túnica larga que extiende la mano en gesto de bienvenida. En primer plano aparecen leña y gallinas, y a la derecha una figura asoma por una puerta abierta.

Português: Hospitalidade: banquete ao ar livre sob uma árvore, gravura (1622)

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