The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

J. Pitten (publisher)
,
Jacques II de Gheyn (engravers (printmakers))
,
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (after)

Date

1589

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) J. Pitten , Jacques II de Gheyn , Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material
burijngravure op papier
paper
Dimensions 260 x 206 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-AB
Description
Subjects religious symbolism , figures (representations) , landscapes
Tags New Testament Iconclass , the Virgin Mary Iconclass , Christ-child (with attributes) Iconclass , Christ Iconclass , the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass , rest on the flight into Egypt Iconclass , Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations Iconclass , art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-AB
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11241/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-AB

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