The flight to Egypt

Title

The flight to Egypt

Draughtsman

• Adam Elsheimer succession

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study
• animal study
• sketch

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet auf der Anstückung unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Jn Lven

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Jacoby 2008.250.A.5

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Joseph of Nazareth

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus, 2,13-15

Primary

• 73B641 the flight into Egypt: Mary, Joseph, the child (and sometimes others) on their way; Mary usually riding on an ass

Historic Attribution

• Adam Elsheimer draughtsman
• Jan Lievens draughtsman