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Source Description
Simple images of the Virgin and Child were often found in private homes as an inspiration to prayer and meditation. The Gospels tell us little of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod, though later legends describe the family stopping to rest and take nourishment. While the Virgin sits humbly on the ground and nurses her child, she is regally dressed, and angels hold a crown above her head in anticipation of her future role as Queen of Heaven. The columbines flowering in the foreground, an inn in the middle distance, and the wilderness through which the family has fled, depicted by overlapping hills receding to snowy peaks, reflect the new interest in the natural world among Antwerp painters at this time.
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Document identity
localId
238
label
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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238
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
description
Simple images of the Virgin and Child were often found in private homes as an inspiration to prayer and meditation. The Gospels tell us little of the Holy Family's flight into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod, though later legends describe the family stopping to rest and take nourishment. While the Virgin sits humbly on the ground and nurses her child, she is regally dressed, and angels hold a crown above her head in anticipation of her future role as Queen of Heaven. The columbines flowering in the foreground, an inn in the middle distance, and the wilderness through which the family has fled, depicted by overlapping hills receding to snowy peaks, reflect the new interest in the natural world among Antwerp painters at this time.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1515-1525 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
40
height
28.5
dimensionsRaw
15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (40 x 28.5 cm)
style
Renaissance
Source extras
cul
Flemish
med
oil on panel
creator_ids
5726
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2672
2674
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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2d8ca9dd2c196622