Flight into Egypt
Date1899
Object PlaceUnited States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions25 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (64.77 × 50.17 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, African Art Gallery Committee Fund
Object number69.452
DescriptionDark landscape in blues and grays. At right of center, Mary rides a donkey. At her left is another donkey and Joseph walking, wearing a long blue robe and carrying a staff. At far right, behind them, is a large tree. In the background, a long sloping hillside covers the upper two thirds of format.On View
Not on view17th Century
c. 1866
19th/20th Century
1480-1485
late 16th Century
1890
late 19th Century
1827
c. 1905
c. 1480