The Flight into Egypt

1640/1645

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Associated Names
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Artist, Italian, 1609 - 1664

Domenico de Rossi

Artist, Italian, 1627 - 1640

This image depicts a pastoral scene with a family and angels in a tree. There is a donkey carrying a seated figure holding a child, alongside a standing figure walking beside them. They are positioned near a large tree with lush foliage, and cherub-like figures are nestled within the branches of the tree. In the background, multiple animals, likely sheep, are depicted in a pastoral setting. The line work and detail are intricate, capturing the textures of the tree bark and the wool of the sheep. The overall style of the drawing suggests a sense of mobility and journey, underlined by the calm yet purposeful expressions of the figures and the attentive sheep surrounding them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alessandra Manning Dolnier

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.3 × 20.4 cm (11 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.2 × 21.4 cm (11 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
    mount: 45.4 × 32.3 cm (17 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.113.30

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802-1821, no. 12

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: no. 12.

1971

  • Percy, Ann. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione: Master Draughtsman of the Italian Baroque. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1971: no. E17

1982

  • Bellini, Paolo. L'opera incisa di Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Milan, 1982, no. 20, iii/iv

Inscriptions

upper right in image: Si stampano in Roma per Gio Dom.co Rossi alla Pace all'Insegna / de Parigi; lower center in image: All. Illmo Sig Sig et Pron mio Colend.mo / Il Sig Abb. D. Luigi Pio / A chi possento meglio dedicare... / Di V.S. Ill. mo Aff.mo Devot.mo et Obligat.mo / Gio Domenico de Rossi; lower left in image: Con licenza de Superiori; lower right in image: Gio BeneD. CAstiglione / GEnovEse / in Pin.

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