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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Curator’s note

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

A favorite theme of Gerard David, master of the Bruges school. The Virgin nurses the Christ Child during a woodland pause, the verdant landscape and soft light evoking deep peace and maternal love.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date
ca. 1512–15
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
21 in. × 15 11/16 in. (53.3 × 39.8 cm)
On view
Gallery 605
Source:The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access)CC0View source
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