The Flight into Egypt

c. 1513

Albrecht Altdorfer

Associated Names
Albrecht Altdorfer

Artist, German, 1480 or before - 1538

This print shows a scene with two main people - one on the right sitting on the back of a donkey and the other standing on the left with their back to us. The seated person appears to carry a small child, while the standing person has a bundle attached to their back and holds the reigns of the donkey. To the right is a bull or ox with its head up in front of a tall tree. Castles and buildings are seen perched on hillsides in the background, while thick clouds fill the sky above. The technique features detailed cross-hatching and thick, dark lines on an off-white background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of W.G. Russell Allen

  • Dimensions

    block: 7.2 × 4.8 cm (2 13/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 7.6 × 5.2 cm (3 × 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1941.1.121

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. w. 13

  • Series Title

    The Fall and Redemption of Man

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Albertina, Vienna (duplicate, Lugt 5g). W.G. Russell Allen [1882-1955], Boston; gift to the NGA, 1941.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Winzinger, Franz. Albrecht Altdorfer, Graphik: Holzschnitte, Kupferstiche, Radierungen. Munich: R.Piper and Co., 1963, no. 38.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Albrecht Aldorfer, Ursula Mielke, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. w. 13.

Wikidata ID

Q64952422

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