Cleveland Museum of Art
Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Luc-Olivier MersonLinkedCulture matchlcp-f78370223695
- Date
- c. 1879
- Medium
- charcoal
- Culture
- France, 19th- 20th century
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 311852
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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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- Credit line
- Bequest of William Kelly Simpson
- Provenance
- ?-2018: William Kelly Simpson, Katonah, New York [1928-2017], bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 2018-: 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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