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Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Paris Bordone (1500–1571)

The Courtauld Gallery

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

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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.

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Title

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Date

1520–1530

Medium

oil on canvas transferred from panel

Measurements

H 49 x W 68.9 cm

Accession number

P.1978.PG.35

Acquisition method

Princes Gate bequest, 1978

Work type

Painting

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Paris Bordone

1500–1571

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