The Flight into Egypt

c. 1800

Benjamin West

Associated Names
Benjamin West

Artist, American, 1738 - 1820

The image shows three human figures inside a tent or draped structure. One woman is standing in profile, wearing a gown and a headband. An older man with facial hair is sitting, holding an infant wrapped in cloth. They are near a standing donkey, and above them is a cherub-like figure with curly hair appearing from behind a curtain. The background has sketchy lines and hatching, emphasizing the draped cloth above the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Professor William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.23 × 16.83 cm (8 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 16.83 cm (9 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.57.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1990 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: #7

Wikidata ID

Q64537246

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