Abraham's call and travel to Canaan

The circular disk shows Abraham horse on a rock column, next to his wife Sarah and his nephew Lot, his brother's son Abraham, on foot. Sarah holds a tray in her hands, Lot carries a lamp under the right arm and a stick over the left shoulder, on which hangs a basket. They are accompanied by their pets and the mounted followers. In the middle ground and background were two of the main scene appears previous episodes: the left is driving next to a wall an Israelite with a thin branch in his hand the animals; back in the valley Abraham kneels with his hands raised and receives, illustrated by the sky radiation, take off the prophecy of God in the new home. Against the horizon, the towers of the city of Haran draw from

Origin and age: Leiden 1520 Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817) collect this Glass and place this old Art in The Gothik Hous in Wörlitz. This Garden now is an important part of today listed as a UNESCO World Heritage "Dessau-Wörlitz.

Technology: Fine grisaille, partly Tiered with a brush or erased, using silver yellow at selected points and redlot in the faces and individual animals.

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