The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

ca. 1720-1730 (Baroque)

90.5 cm 112.5 cm

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To escape Herod's persecution, Mary and Joseph fled with Jesus to Egypt. The subject of the rest on the flight to Egypt was developed in late medieval art and is not described in the New Testament. In this painting, the Holy Family rests in the shade of a tree. The Christ Chil...

Drawing

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Wigram [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [see label on reverse]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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