Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rest on the Flight to Egypt

Luc-Olivier Merson

Date
c. 1879
Medium
charcoal
Culture
France, 19th- 20th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This charcoal sketch relates to an oil painting that was tremendously popular at the 1879 Paris Salon. In both works, Luc-Olivier Merson depicted the Holy Family finding refuge in a massive sphinx sculpture during the rest on the flight into Egypt. The drawing may have been an independent work or, more likely, a study for the painting or a related print. Despite the detail of his depictions on the subject, Luc-Olivier Merson never traveled to North Africa.

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