James Cordova Arts

Retablo, 2004

Hand-adzed wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish, leather.

Abraham and the Three Visitors (Gn 18: 1 - 15)

God appeared to Abraham in the form of three men. When Abraham saw them, he ran to them and asked to serve them water and bread. He ordered his wife Sarah to bake some bread, and brought them cream, milk, and meat. When the men asked where Sarah was, Abraham replied that she was in his tent. One of the men declared that she was with child and would give birth in nine months. Hearing this, Sarah laughed since she was already old. The men, however, declared that nothing is impossible for God. Nine months later she gave birth to Isaac. In this scene, Abraham prostrates himself before the three men. Their wings indicate that their divinity.