Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Attributedattributed to
Pieter Claeissins
(Flemish, 1499 or 1500 - 1576)
AttributedPreviously attributed to
Adrien Ysenbrandt
(Flemish, ca. 1500 - before 1551)
AttributedPreviously attributed to
Joachim Patinir
(Netherlandish, ca. 1485 - 1524)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateca. 1550-1560
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensionspanel: 36 × 28 in. (91.4 × 71.1 cm.)
frame: 46 1/2 × 38 × 3 1/2 in. (118.1 × 96.5 × 8.9 cm.)
DescriptionThe Virgin and the Child resting during their escape into Egypt.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Label TextUsing a narrative strategy common in the 16th century, the artist tells the story of the Holy Family’s escape to Egypt by depicting the same figures more than once. In the foreground, a beautiful Virgin and Child rest in a shady glade while, in the middle distance, we see them again, atop a donkey. Never having seen the landscape of Palestine, the Flemish artist fills it with imaginary castles and buildings that would seem more at home in his own northern European countryside.Status
Not on viewObject number26.94
Pieter De Molijn
early to mid-17th Century
Object number: 2019.12
Claude Lorrain
after 1779
Object number: 2010.18.13
