Rest on the Flight into Egypt

1640s

Simone Cantarini

Associated Names
Simone Cantarini

Artist, Pesarese, 1612 - 1648

The etching depicts two figures with full bodies visible. The person on the left is seated on the ground, turned slightly towards the right, holding an infant. She has her head bowed and a gentle expression. The person on the right is seated, holding a stringed musical instrument. Both individuals are dressed in flowing garments. The background shows a faint depiction of trees and foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8 × 12.9 cm (3 1/8 × 5 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 82 × 13.2 cm (32 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
    mount: 26.2 × 37.9 cm (10 5/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert and Bertina Suida Manning, Forest Hills, NY; by descent Alessandra Manning and Kurt Dolnier, Watertown, CT, 1996; Gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821.

1980

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Simone Cantarini. Milan, 1980: no. 7.

1997

  • Massari, Anna Maria Ambrosini Massari et al., Simone Cantarini, detto il Pesarese, 1612 - 1648. Milan, 1997: no. 32

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