Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Maker
Adrien Ysenbrandt
(Flemish, ca. 1500 - before 1551)
Maker
Joachim Patinir
(Netherlandish, ca. 1485 - 1524)
Collections
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date16th Century
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.)
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
Claude Lorrain
after 1779
Object number: 2010.18.13
