The Flight into Egypt (La fuite en Egypte)

c. 1630/1633

Claude Lorrain

Associated Names
Claude Lorrain

Artist, French, 1604/1605 - 1682

The image depicts a rural scene with lush foliage, meandering paths, a line of trees on the horizon, and figures walking along a path. Detailed trees with textured leaves dominate the right side of the composition. The sky is depicted with delicate, horizontal lines. The color palette is monochrome, mainly using sepia tones to create light and shadow effects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.5 × 17.4 cm (4 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 10.9 × 17.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.74.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mannocci 1988, no. 9, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 105.

Bibliography

1923

  • Blum, Andre. Les eaux-fortes de Claude Gellee dit le Lorrain. Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1923.

1982

  • Russell 1982, 9.

1988

  • Mannocci, Lino. The Etchings of Claude Lorrain (catalogue raisonné). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1988.

Inscriptions

in plate, at lower right: CLAU

Wikidata ID

Q65566984

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