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The flight into Egypt
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The flight into Egypt

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1654 · etching; drypoint; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The cropping of this Flight into Egypt is unusual. The lower legs of the donkey and Joseph’s feet are outside of the picture plane. This suggests that they might be wading through a ford. The shading on the Virgin and the Child has been applied with decidedly wide and open parallel hatching, silhouetting them lightly against the dense interplay of lines in the background.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printMary usually riding on an ass
Credit lineDe vlucht naar Egypte. 1654. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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