The Flight into Egypt

1798

Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Associated Names
Jean-Baptiste Hüet

Artist, French, 1745 - 1811

The image shows several figures in motion. In the center, a person with curly hair is guiding a donkey while pointing ahead. On the donkey, there is a woman with a headscarf holding a child. Other figures are also present, some holding onto goats and sheep, in a rocky landscape. The central figure holds a staff. The background has rough rock formations and contrasting light and shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 48.2 x 34.5 cm (19 x 13 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.2 x 36 cm (20 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.59.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    IFF (1700) no. 57, undesc state after removal of text

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel, Paris (b. 1922) (Lugt no. 3373). (Paul Prouté S. A., Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1962

  • Bibliothèque Nationale. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Graveurs du XVIIIe Siècle. 14 vols. Paris, 1962: no. 57, undesc state

2009

  • Paul Prouté S.A., Catalogue No. 138. Paris, June 2011: no. 231.

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: 37

Wikidata ID

Q76560828

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