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The Flight into Egypt

c. 1652–54

Herman van Swanevelt

(Dutch, c. 1600–1655)
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Culture
Netherlands
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1943.625
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Not on view
Print
A horizontally oriented etching in fine black lines depicts the Flight into Egypt. In the foreground, people with light skin tones travel toward the right; Joseph leads a donkey carrying Mary and the Christ child. Tall, leafy trees tower over a rocky bank on the left. A river winds through a wooded landscape toward hills under a streaked, clouded sky. Text at the bottom reads, "Herman van Swanevelt Inventor fecit."

The Flight into Egypt

c. 1652–54

Herman van Swanevelt

(Dutch, c. 1600–1655)
Netherlands

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