On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P07772
- Author
- El Greco (Spanish)
- Title
- The Flight to Egypt
- Chronology
- Ca. 1567
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 15,9 cm x 21,6 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 2000
This devotional painting shows the
Holy Family's Flight to Egypt,
pursued by Herod, as told in the
New Testament (Matthew I,
13-15).
Both the technique and the
composition derive from El Greco's
period of training in Italy, with
clear influences from Tintoretto
and a treatment of the subject that
is typical of Bassano.
Outstanding here is the interest
the artist seems to take in the
landscape, which is a
characteristic totally outside his
early training in Byzantine art.
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