The Virgin Mary sits with bare breast and the Christ Child on her lap by a tree; Joseph leans on the tree stump by her right shoulder. Below the scene is a two-line Latin text.
| Artist |
Jacques II de Gheyn
RKD
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|---|---|
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Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
RKD
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| Title | The Rest on the Flight into Egypt |
| Date | 1589 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Amsterdam TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription in the representation, bottom left: C.C. Inv. A° 1589. |
| printed inscription in the depiction, bottom centre: I D Gheyn. Sculp. | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: I De Gam exc: | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Castos casta decent: [...] castus et ipse Jöseph. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: H.I.R. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-AB |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-AB |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11241/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D21 Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11F726 Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations Iconclass 11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73B65 rest on the flight into Egypt Iconclass |
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