Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
1500-1571
Title
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Date of Production
1520 - 1530
Medium
oil on canvas (transferred from panel)
Dimensions
Height: 49 cm (canvas)
Width: 68.9 cm (canvas)
Width: 68.9 cm (canvas)
Object Number
P.1978.PG.35
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This idyllic work shows the Holy Family resting under a tree during their flight from King Herod into Egypt. The Christ child tugs playfully at Joseph's beard while the donkey on which Mary travelled grazes in the background.
The popularity of this subject in the Renaissance seems to have been partly due to the opportunities it offered for the depiction of landscape at a time when nature had not yet emerged as an independent subject in Italian painting.
The popularity of this subject in the Renaissance seems to have been partly due to the opportunities it offered for the depiction of landscape at a time when nature had not yet emerged as an independent subject in Italian painting.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
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