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Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto

Gerard David Netherlandish

ca. 1512-15

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 605

Questa composizione, che rappresenta uno dei temi più diffusi nella pittura olandese, propone una narrazione continua in cui si vuole che l’osservatore partecipi in modo riflesso. Sullo sfondo la Sacra Famiglia emerge dal bosco in cammino verso una cittadina contemporanea adagiata nella vallata a sinistra. La nuova consapevolezza acquisita da David delle regole compositive rinascimentali appare evidente nel disegno piramidale della Madonna col Bambino e nell’uso del chiaroscuro per comunicare il volume delle forme.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), Oil on wood

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Fig.1. Ambrogio Bergognone, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1485, oil and gold on wood, 61.6 x 44.6 cm. (Accademia Carrara, Bergamo)

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Fig. 2. Ambrogio Bergognone, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1485, tempera on wood, 22.5 x 29 cm. (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)

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Fig. 3. Gerard David, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," oil on wood (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Fig. 4. Gerard David, "Landscape Sketch," pen and brown ink, (Rothschild Collection, Musée du Louvre, Paris; see Ainsworth 1988, pp. 32–33, fig. 40)

Fig. 5. Infrared reflectogram of 49.7.21

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Fig. 6. Gerard David (after Jan van Eyck), "Virgin and Child at the Fountain," ca. 1510, pen and brown ink, 19.6 x 13.1 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, SMPK, Berlin; Photo © Kupferstichkabinett – Sammlung der Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik)

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Fig. 7. Gerard David Workshop, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," oil on wood (Museo del Prado, Madrid)

Fig. 8. X-radiograph of 49.7.21

Titolo: Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto

Artista: Gerard David, Olandese, ca. 1455-1523

Data: ca. 1512-15

Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tavola

Dimensioni: 50,8 x 43,2 cm

Crediti: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949

Numero d'inventario: 49.7.21

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