Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Anton Raphael Mengs German

mid-18th–late 18th century

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Title: Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (German, Ústi nad Labem (Aussig) 1728–1779 Rome)
Date: mid-18th–late 18th century
Medium: Red chalk, graphite; squared in graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 11/16 in. (41.4 x 32.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Alain and Marie-Christine van den Broek d'Obrenan Gift, 2008
Object Number: 2008.616
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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