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Source Description
This charcoal sketch relates to an oil painting that was tremendously popular at the 1879 Paris Salon. In both works, Luc-Olivier Merson depicted the Holy Family finding refuge in a massive sphinx sculpture during the rest on the flight into Egypt. The drawing may have been an independent work or, more likely, a study for the painting or a related print.
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Document identity
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311852
label
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
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drawing
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311852
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drawing
title
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
description
This charcoal sketch relates to an oil painting that was tremendously popular at the 1879 Paris Salon. In both works, Luc-Olivier Merson depicted the Holy Family finding refuge in a massive sphinx sculpture during the rest on the flight into Egypt. The drawing may have been an independent work or, more likely, a study for the painting or a related print.
date
c. 1879
citation
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CC0
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CC0
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en
wikidata
Q79873634
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9567
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 36.9 x 51.5 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.)
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France, 19th- 20th century
accession
2018.74
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tec
charcoal
tombstone
Rest on the Flight to Egypt, c. 1879. Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846–1920). Charcoal; sheet: 36.9 x 51.5 cm (14 1/2 x 20 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of William Kelly Simpson, 2018.74
collection
DR - French
inscriptions
inscription
lower right: L. Olivier Merson
didYouKnow
Despite the detail of his depictions on the subject, Luc-Olivier Merson never traveled to North Africa.
citations
citation
Dahesh Museum. Picturing the Middle East: A Hundred Years of European Orientalism : a Symposium. New York: Dahesh Museum, 1996.
page_number
p. 35-36, ill. p. 35
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Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
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2026-05-29 08:54:29.483000
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311852
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Drawings
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DR - French
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charcoal
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male
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