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The flight into Egypt
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Rembrandt excelled not only in expressing light and dark, but also silence and desolation. Here, Joseph and Mary, with the Christ Child blanketed in her cloak, travel to Egypt in the dark of night. Joseph’s lantern casts a weak light on the ground and only partly illuminates the silhouette of the Virgin on the donkey. She looks us directly in the eye.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe vlucht naar Egypte. 1651. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
