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The holy family are resting from their travels in this small pastoral scene. The Virgin Mary sits on a rock, absorbed in nursing the Christ Child; a bundle and pitcher lie on the ground beside her. Saint Joseph leans on the rocky ground beyond, looking up at a small cloud above the Virgin’s head, out of which peer three cherubs. His staff rests against the rock and their donkey grazes in the background on the left. After the birth of Christ at Bethlehem, King Herod ordered all the male first-born children in the area to be executed – the so-called Massacre of the Innocents – so Mary and Joseph fled to safety in Egypt. Here, however, there is no sign of pursuing soldiers: the scene has the domestic charm of a day out in the countryside.
Title
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Date
about 1630-5
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 30.5 x W 45.7 cm
Accession number
NG160
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Lord Farnborough, 1838
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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