Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
A landscape etching in the form of a roundel. A large tree fills the right foreground with distant mountains in the background. The small figures at lower left suggest that the scene could represent a Rest on the Flight into Egypt.
Artwork Details
- Title: Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
- Artist: Anonymous, French, 17th century
- Publisher: Le Blond (Paris)
- Date: 17th century
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Image diameter: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Plate: 5 1/4 × 5 in. (13.4 × 12.7 cm)
Sheet: 5 15/16 × 5 5/8 in. (15.1 × 14.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Lynne and Peter Esmay, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.386.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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