Cleveland Museum of Art
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Camillo ProcacciniLinkedCulture matchlcp-6a69ec76260b
- Date
- 1587–90
- Medium
- etching
- Culture
- Italy, 16th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 172519
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Camillo Procaccini used etching, a relatively new medium at the time, to create what were considered “printed drawings,” prints with the effect of spontaneous drawings, made with delicate and fluid lines on the etching plate. Here, he filled almost every inch of the composition with moving foliage, practically fusing nature with Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child, who have stopped on their flight from King Herod’s troops sent to kill Christ. Nature functions less as a container of symbols and more as a vibrant life force meant to evoke the viewer’s pious emotion.
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- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Provenance
- ?–2015: (Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, NY), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | March 5, 2015–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Rest on Flight into EgyptThese objects all depict the biblical scene of the Holy Family resting during their flight into Egypt, a popular subject in Christian art across different European artistic traditions and media.
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